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Historical figures;
1. The original Russian scriptwriter (2.5) (If this is St. Peter could somebody tell me why)
2. Lacey's sidekick loses tail around black neighbourhood in Manhattan (11)
'Rockefeller' fits but so what?
Any ideas?

2 CHARLEMAGNE?

CAGNE(y) around HARLEM?

ST CYRIL? as in Cyrillic script?

Thank you so much Chrise - you did in 5 minutes what I wasn't able to do in 5 days.
Have a lovely Christmas

You're very welcome, crossray - have a good one yourself.