Tls 1163

[mra1]

13 down Caine's key position in British film making THE B?N???N; 17 down An Irish Sea island once had Charlie and a prince as men living in cells ?O?A???L; 23 down Rhymester engaged in Japanese poetry? Just the reverse R???A; 24 down A demon and I - we fight ???I; 25 across Ponderosa's one tree in part - not Bay R???? and 26 across Poem I'd heard on champagne - very old and very dry ????I?IED - have been stuck on these last interconnecting clues for ages - could really do with some help!

[aelmpvw]

13d the bondman

[scorpiojo]

13 down Caine's key position in British film making THE B?N???N

17 down An Irish Sea island once had Charlie and a prince as men living in cells ?O?A???L

23 down Rhymester engaged in Japanese poetry? Just the reverse R???A

24 down A demon and I - we fight ???I; 25 across Ponderosa's one tree in part - not Bay R????

26 across Poem I'd heard on champagne - very old and very dry ????I?IED

[mra1]

Thank you. Could 26 across be mummified?

[mra1]

that would make 24 down IMPI which makes sense. Any ideas about the other three clues?

[Mamyalynne]

17 Monachal

26 Mummified

23 Renga

[Mamyalynne]

25 (B)Ranch

[mra1]

Many thanks Mamyalynne - that makes 25 across Ranch which I had and then scrubbed!

[mra1]

Just noticed you had posted that too - many thanks!

[aeronut]

17ac is monachal (monastery) I think
and renga may be th answer for 22d as it refers to a form of Japanese collaborative poetry,