His very greatness occasioned exclamation (5)

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scott

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'his very greatness occasioned exclamation' is the definition.
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(Other definitions for scott that I've seen before include "Sir Walter --, writer" , "He died leading Antarctic expedition" , "Sir Peter -----, ornithologist son of a great explorer" , "Ivanhoe author" , "old novelist" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.

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