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12 Across, I take leading position in North America - a blissful state (7)

15 Across, Try and try to lose railway's vital part (5)

21 Across, Scientist's point about earth on record (9)

1/23 Down, Analysis of matter I found in complex tracheotomy (6,6)

Compiler - PHI

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12 N I R VAN A

1/23 ATOMIC THEORY - anagram

15 HEAR T (ry)

21a G E O LOG IST

Good morning cerasus and many thanks to you.

Good Morning to you Diablos

Hello, Cerasus!
Where does the "r" come from in "Nirvana" = "blissful state", please?
I had thought of that for the answer
NA- North America
i
Van - leading position
but cannot account for the "r"...…?

(I'm probably being dim!)

r = recipe = take

Sorry Elle
Perhaps I I was trying to be too succinct with my parsing !