Usually find Vlad tricky and today no exception - off to a slow start with 18 and then steady progress noting the political references which to my mind all pointed at a certain individual which helped with 7 and 25.
Got stuck in SE corner for exactly same reason as Brendan and Jono but the parsing of 25 was clear enough to finally sort that out.
Lots of excellent clues today but my personal favourite was 2 which took me back to my schooldays in late 70's and a teacher who drilled '2s number' into us - I can still recall it even now.
Thanks Vlad