Tls 1200

[highbury57]

last few a tad unyielding.
9a General business American has secured port network. ***I*L*N**(10)
It looks like Coriolanus which gives us the general;the US at the end would be American but how do we derive the rest if it is right.
18a Old men swimming around cove's centre in fictional realm. Anagram of old men and ov for the centre of cove?*O*E*D*M (8) something dom?
Clarification please or corection.

[roslyn251254]

rio lan = port + network .....put these inside Co (business) us

[mallyh]

18a noveldom?

[fiction-factory]

business=CO
port is RIO
network =LAN 9local area network)
American = US

[Mamyalynne]

18 Noveldom

Old men + (c)ov(e's) anag

[Mamyalynne]

sorry (c)OV(e)

[highbury57]

Thank you and, oh Lordy how convoluted Coriolanus was compared to the rest of the grid. Yikes! Should have got noveldom. My d'oh moment for the day. My excuse is that I fail to thrive on dark days.