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26a was supported by Royal jester at heart a criminal leader (6,2). ?E?T?D?N

9a the French catholic embraced by Dostoyevsky's prince(8)

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26 Rested On, was supported by (definition). R, Royal + j EST er (at heart, centre) + Don, a criminal leader.

Dostoyevsky's prince was called Myshkin, but I don't see how that helps!

I know the Prince is in The Idiot and if you put Idiot around Le C you get "Idiolect"

I've checked on Google and The idiot is written as a 'polyphonic novel' which is something to with the way people speak, sio I wonder if iyt might be that.

A real long shot, i know.

I have worked out the answer to 9a. The prince is from the idiot. Idiolact
La French for the c fit catholic.

I left out part of clue in a manner of speaking

I've checked Chambers and it has...

Idiolect:- An individuals distinctive form of speech

and found this regarding The Idiot

As a polyphonic novel each character in The Idiot has a unique voice and perspective in relation to the action and the other actors. As such every scene is a dramatic convergence of multiple independent voices and perspectives rather than simply being a monological recounting of the event by a narrator.

Thank you all and also for the parsing.

Idiolect also fits with the crossing E from 4d