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Unknown lives in Dutch region, victim of Viking raid (4,6)

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I believe the answer is:

holy island

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'victim of viking raid' is the definition.
The definition suggests a singular noun which matches the answer.

'unknown lives in dutch region' is the wordplay.
'unknown' becomes 'y' (algebra).
'lives' becomes 'is' ('be' can be a synonym of 'live').
'in' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'dutch region' becomes 'holland' (Holland is an example. I am not sure about the 'dutch' bit.).
'y'+'is'='yis'
'yis' going inside 'holland' is 'HOLY ISLAND'.

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(Another definition for holy island that I've seen is " Lindisfarne".)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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