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5a People who have suffered a loss make bets (8) D???*?R?

7d ABC always will broadcast a Victorian sensational novel (3,9)
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26a Dope in the Odyssey, trapped in the embrace of outrageous and heartless Helen (8) ???E???E

5a DOWAGERS (do + wagers)

I’ve only just started so I don’t know the other two, I’m afraid.

Guy Deverell by Sheridan le Fanu

Penelope is the wife of Odysseus.
Outrageous and heartless Helen would give (h)elen*
Not sure of the rest…

Haunted National accommodates this theatregoer (4,4) ???T / ???A

Thank you

Looks like a hidden…

Must be AUNT EDNA (hidden), but I've no idea who she is

26a Nepenthe

This is the explanation:
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Aunt_Edna