Pick me up puzzle 6 issue 53

[sandy10]

Can anyone help pls
7a (5,2) ??????? 11a: feeble state,transparent(10) ??i???????
12a: unusually(9) ???????L? 15a: glazed cotton cloth printed with flowers(6) ?????? 22a: _in,tied up with a crime(10) ???L?C?T?D 25a: steadfast(7) ???M?N?
1d: practical jokes and pratfalls(9,6) ???P?????C????? 2d: shock,horrify(10)???N?????E 3d: duel with pistols(8) ???????? 4d: outward appearance (5) ?U??? 5d: blueprint(4) ?G?? 6d: society journalist (6,9) ?T???N???U?N?S? 14d: development (of an illness) (10) O???B?TION

many thanks

[Brenden]

7a. slice up. 11a. flimsiness. 15a. chintz. 22a. implicated

[Brenden]

1d. slapstick comedy. 3d. gunfight.

[boxtops]

6d is something Columnist

[Brenden]

4d. guise. 5d. plan 14d. incubation

[sir.prize]

2d scandalize
6d gossip columnist

[Brenden]

6d. gossip

[boxtops]

If it's gossip columnist (which looks good) then sandy's T and N are wrong in 6d

[sir.prize]

12a strangely

[Brenden]

25a. adamant

[sir.prize]

25a adamant