7d Contrivances serving asa fulcrums for oars R-L-O-D- 22d Historic statute settling the weight measure or price of anything -S-A-R 23d Term used for the leading figures of the Catholic Apostolic Church -N-H-H 27d Town in Old Castile and Leon north of Madrid R-E-O
7d rowlocks. they are pronounced rollux ! (Like Castor & Pollux) and I wonder if there is a variant spelling 'rollocks' which would mean you'd only have to have another look at the intersecting D
I don't have an answer for you, but 23d - N - H - H looks so incredibly unlikely that I wonder if there is one of those letters that you're not sure of, and you could have another think.