Sunday Express Skeleton Sunday August 12th 2012

[kaymac]

5a. three flower and some wilt over here 7 letters t?i?o??
17d. description of ned as a poet 5 letters d?n? is it donne or dante?
many thanks

[Psybbo]

trifold?

[boomerang551]

5a. Tripoli. 17d. wondering the same.

[Spotty Dog]

http://www.brital.talktalk.net/crosswords.htm

[sir.prize]

Dante

[factor-fiction]

I thought maybe DANSE

[BSpark]

Donne - D on NE

[Duncer]

I'm sure this is correct, but why? I can see the letters of NED in use, but there is no ON in the clue.

[dannyk13]

Donne ( d on ne =ned)

[Duncer]

I'm still struggling to get that. I can see the NE comes from the start of NED, and I assume D is for description, but it is a tad tenuous to say the least.

Thanks anyway.