I'm back again! Many thanks for your previous help. I'm having problems with the Norwegian Parliament because the paper allows 10 spaces for the answer!!
Anyway, here I go with the down clues - this is a bad day for me!!
7d - archaic term for "quick" or "eager" r-t-e
22d - a chief character in a literary work a-o-i--
23d - a male hawk -a-s--
27d - a chinese organ played by mouth -a--
Grateful thanks once more.