Exactly the same, Kobnut. I have an almost full grid (I can't justify the entry at 17d ) and all the hints, but grid staring isn't yielding anything worthwhile .... so I'll keep on looking.
Yes, it's not clear but I think 15A is meant to be hyphenated. This was quite a hard one and I'm still not sure of the parsing of some answers but I got the themes and advice.