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Having a job getting going on this one!

1a a country taking a boy from the east, he being in exile (5,4)
7a confine wife in clutches of merry author (9)

Might get me going!

First one is very famous spiritual leader exiled from his own country.

Second one is well-known American author famous for tough, terse, manly books and drinking heavily. He's also linked to several of the other clues.

1 Dalai lama

Got it - thanks

Hem in g w ay

Confine (Hem In) Wife in Gay (merry)