5d. A duck at the top of a tree, say (4) ???H (poss DASH ?)
9a. Singer left disheartened in a band (4) A??? (was thinking ALTO but why?)
17a. Bone fragment going back to Iran, oddly (5) ????A
22d. A soldier fought both sides present (4) ????
26a. Property tax leaving account empty (9) ????I???E