Skeleton

[Jaimsieboy]

23 Across - Actor , 41, in surprising role (7) ????I??
7 Down - Slave written about by a key poet (5) ??I?t

[aelmpvw]

7d eliot

[cashier]

7 Eliot

[Toorak]

23 Olivier

Iv I inside anagram of role

[aelmpvw]

iv i for 41 isn't very good is it?

[Toorak]

No, but it’s the skeleton after all :-)

[Jaimsieboy]

thanks ....just a couple more to get;
17 Down - Sopping tail enveloped by a dry cloth (5) Ser??
25 Across - Male style guide extremely mixed bag (7)
M?l?n??
22 Down - A photograph stolen from school (4) ?h?t (Shot ?)

[Toorak]

Serge
Melange
Shot