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13 ac Religious leader a bishop repeatedly turned to.(5)xxxxT
I assume it might start with R. Repeatedly suggests RE. Can't quite get there.
40 ac Criminal threatening state disturbed emperor (11, 3,5) Charlemagne the Great comes to mind, but why?
Miserable Bank Holiday here in Oxford.

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Charlemagne the Great would be tautologous - "magne" means "great"

Thank you Chris, should have realised "leader" does not always mean first letter!

Oh I see, of course, must mean Charles the Great by itself.
I have the letters xxxxxxxxxxE xxx GxExx
So probably someone the Great
Will persevere

Of course that does not necessarily mean that it is the wrong answer - the compiler might not have realised that either!

I have Constantine The Great but am not totally sure it is right

con for criminal + anagram of "threatening state"

Thank you both. Can make some more progress now.
R