telegraph toughie no.1

[greebo1]

17a. a sentamentalist, knight out to be "balmy" (8)
--o-a-i-
17d. piece of music rendered by a seaman in port (6)
--i-s-

[kayakamina]

17a Aroma(n)tic

17d A rio so

[gen2]

Sorry, disagree with your wordplay kyakamina in ARIOSO

seaman is Ordinary Seaman = OS
OS inside A RIO (port)

so A RI (OS) O

[gen2]

That new crossword was an interesting challenge and yes, a bit tougher than the usual on the back page

[greebo1]

thank you both --- I had just managed to work them out for myself. However I do not think that this " toughie " is any harder than the usual big crossword

[Goofy]

I'll stick to the times - much better.