Tues D Mail No. 14,683

[bryand]

4d) Sword wound - I'm impressed with it (8) ?C?M????
13a) Soap producer's incredible old wife (6) ????O?
16d) Phone round island to organise 17 (8) ????L?S?
17a) Soldiers recall game involving second-in-command (6) ?????S
19a) Bury note after treatment by doctor (6) ?N?O??
Cannot work out why 23d) Is Apse.

Thanks in advance for your help.

[sandyRoe]

4 scimitar

[retrocop]

scimitar
tallow
mobilise
troops
entomb

[sandyRoe]

19 entomb

[michaelmph]

Apse is a part of a church and 'apps' are short programs (not 'programmes' though) that sound like (radio) apse.

[bryand]

Thanks again to sandyRoe and retrocop, also to michaelmph for the explanation which I would never have worked out. Had Apse as part of church but couldn't parse it.