Bandleader Xavier known as "The Rumba King" Crossword Clue

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XAVIER (noun)
1. Spanish missionary and Jesuit who establish missionaries in Japan and Ceylon and the East Indies (1506-1552)
KNOWN (adjective)
1. apprehended with certainty

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