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Not so good this week !
22a. Something one might read in the Post (6) *****N
25a. Old lady tucked in by a hospital nurse (4) ****
12d. In bed feel full of phlegm ultimately , but ok (3, 2, 2, 4)
N*T/**/*O/**** NOT UP TO MARK ?
24d. Plant fruit tree after pruning its base (3) P*A PEA ?
17a. Proper idiots playing chicken (4-8) **O*S*I*I*E*

25 AMAH
12 NOT UP TO MUCH
24 Yes - PEA(r)
17 poor-spirited? I think it's an anagram

22Column, double definition.

Thank you both . Learnt Amah , previously unknown to me , today !