Times Jumbo 799

[jeaniusalso]

15D Man of steel bitter about disorder after uprising (8) ?e?s?i?r help would be much appreciated

[Lie-in King]

15d Bessemer - 'Beer' (about) 'mess' (up)

What was the clue that gave the 'i'?

[jeaniusalso]

Ah, good point! It was a guess at 25A "enemy carrying on with war perhaps Napoleon, though not Hitler?" f?r?n???
I thought "forensic" ... foe for enemy, F R E N C without H Hitler for French Napoleon ... but it was all rather tenuous!!Any ideas? And many thanks for bessemer

[Lie-in King]

Ok, I've found it in the recycling -

25a Forename - 'Foe' (carrying) 're' (on) + (Viet) 'nam' - Napoleon is one, Hitler isn't...

[jeaniusalso]

Lie-in King, you're my hero!! Can't thank you enough, those two clues have been doing my head in!!

[Lie-in King]

Happy to help :-)