ACROSS
   1. MO ZAMBI[-a] + QUE = MOZAMBIQUE <nation>
 7/9. (GERM HERE WITH ALCOHOL)* = COME HELL OR HIGH WATER <regardless of conditions>
  10. DS outside AI = DAIS <platform>
  11. ON CO LOG IS T_ = ONCOLOGIST <doctor>
  12. <stage actor> THESPIAN = I_ inside THE SPAN
  14. TORE [-p]RO = TORERO <bullfighter>
  15. <recession> EBBING = E_ B_ BING
  17. <gnomes> EPIGRAMS = E (PI GRAMS)
  19. P I inside (ORGAN AND)* = GRAND PIANO <keyboard instrument>
  21. A + XL _E = AXLE <shaft>
  23. <knockoffs> = BA'S TARDIS (NATO IS)*
  24. <grain> SEED = "CEDE"
  25. _HE SITUATION - U = HESITATION <indecisiveness>
 
DOWN
 2. <watch> OMEGA = (.h)OME GA(r.)
 3. ←SALT inside SEA← = ATLASES <maps>
 4. ROW inside BORING = BORROWING <credit card usage?
 5. QUINCE = N_T E_N ARIES = QUINCENTENARIES <celebrations>
 6. _E _T _H _Y _L = ETHYL <radical>
 7. <tactless comment> CLANGER = C L + ANGER
 8. MAESTRO M outside _L = MAELSTROM <chaos>
13. (BREATHE IN)* = HIBERNATE <fall into a deep sleep>
14. ←NOKIA← inside TAUT = TAIKONAUT <Chinese traveller>
16. I G NIT + ED = IGNITED <fired>
18. <one lacking rose-tinted glasses> REALIST = RE A-LIST
20. <spiny-finned fish> PERCH <behave like birds?>
22. LENT O_ = LENTO <played slow>