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14a. Famous soldiers had to keep close to Napoleon (8)
R***W*D RENOWNED. ?
20d. Case of the right drinking wine’s more yummy (7)
T*S*I*R. TASTIER. ? Can see ASTI

20 Asti, wine
Te, case of 'the', ie outside letters
R, right

T asti e r.

Shipwreck

RENOWNED
Royal Engineers (RE)
had (OWNED)
close to Napoleon (N) between the two above.

TASTIER
Case of the = TE (outside letters)
right = R
Then your ASTI is inserted

14. Renowned, famous.

RE, soldiers, Royal Engineers
Owned, had
N, close to Napoleon, last letter.
RE N Owned.

20,
Case of "the" is the letters "t"and "e".
"R" for "right".
"Asti" for wine.
Tastier.

Many thanks to you all. Hadn’t thought of ‘case’ as the first and last letters of the. Stay safe.

Is 22 Down really (1-4)?

No, it should have been (5).