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7 Across, Reported on hoax involving retired English vicar (7)

8 Across, Public knowledge at last after lowdown by artist online (7)

10 Across, Nine others fancy it's made of paste (10)

12 Across, Hide,safely concealed at first, in a palace on the outskirts of Essex (8)

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10 rhinestone - anagram of nine others

7a co ver ed

8 general

Gen e ra l

(cod is a hoax)

12 esconce ? (hide)
first letters of s(afely) c(oncealed) - sc

???

correction: ensconce (hide safely)

Ensconce?

C(oncealed) inside scone (palace)

Not sure about the rest of the parsing though

Just checked, also that the Palace must be Scone ...

...that leaves EN (outskirts of EsseN ?)