Solution 1393

Across: 1 Panama Canal, 8 Ukraine, 9 Peggy, 10/11 Fred Astaire, 12 Mir, 13 Ha-ha, 15 Stem, 17 Tom, 19 Alabama, 20 Acme, 23 Beach, 24 Platoon, 25 Cyndi Lauper.

Down: 1 Pouffe, 2 Norge, 3 Mail, 4 Caesar, 5 Nepotism, 6 Lignite, 7 Oxygen, 12 Marathon, 14 Aramaic, 16 Kasbah, 17 Taipei, 18 Jenner, 21 Croup, 22 Paua.