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18a) Old Communist's struggle with movement after unexpectedly big reverses (8)
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Also can't parse 10a properly:
Romeo embraced by stage heroine who's hard to understand? (7)
I have Garbler, which l think is Betty Grable plus an R, but it doesn't quite gel!
Thanks in advance :o)

Romeo... Gabler, Hedda Gabler (stage heroine) with R for Romeo inside.

18a Sovietic OS reversed + vie + tic

So (unexpectedly big/os reversed) vie (struggle) tic (movement)

Ah l had the wrong actress! Thanks Malone

18 So = OS, outsize (unexpectedly big,, reverses), Vie, struggle and Tic movement. So vie tic, Sovietic, Old communist.

Thanks all

Glad I could help, Rozbogs.

PS Hedda Gabler is a stage character (in a play of the same name) rather than an actress.