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Clue no. 27: Horatio was left in the wild endless poem by Shakespeare, and was neither the first nor last character in the stirring epic, 'Hamlet'.

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A clue to NELSON / PRINCE (Right & Left).
7 comments refer to this clue (from 7 competitors, 0 others)

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Comments on the clue
1.An indirect anagram of SONNET which I don't see how anyone could get.
2.Ambitious, but indirect anagrams, questionable first/last letter indications and inaccurate words like 'was' and extra 'the-s' aren't fair t
3.Too much of an essay here
4.No
5."and was" is extraneous.
6.Too long
7.Indirect anagram