Just 2 left : 1d person running with odd earrings ?R?A?I?E? 13d Keeping brave's awkward if previously surrounded O?S?R?A??? I may have answer to 24a but not sure answer to 13d above would confirm my...
My answer for clue 16 accross is "Booster" I can't think of any other possibility but this clashes with my answer for 14 down Vinophile "lover of wine" built up from il (italian "the" )anagram of hope...