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I would welcome advice on 14 Down:
.a.s.o.e.. 'Spies entrap idiot, minor poet regularly following stars',

and 25 Across:
K... 'Middle section taken from Muslim holy book; it's a Buddhist riddle'.

25 koan

14 Cassiopeia, stars, constellation. It has Ass, idiot and alternate letters from 'minor ' and 'poet', both inside CIA, spies.