Polymath 749

[PollyEsther]

Could someone help with my last two?

10a - A cheap, sometimes fruit-flavoured Indian cigarette (6)
B_E_I_

I thought Beedis (as in plural of Beedi) but that doesnt seem to fit the clue.

22d: An obsolete word meaning government (7)
R_G_N_E

Many, many thanks in advance!

[sinead]

Beedie

[sinead]

Regence

[Captain2]

22 Regence

[PollyEsther]

Thankyou Sinead!!

[PollyEsther]

And Captain2 !!

[RichardAlibon]

It has to be beedi- something. I am thinking either beedie or beedee since translations from Hindi to English are not always consistent - for example sari and saree are both accepted.