Stuck on 24a - " Fighting that isn't for poltroon keeping end on line (4,3)". I have:
M---,W-R
I assume the second word is WAR, but if the first is MAKE or MADE, I don't see how it parses.
I assume 'end on line' is L [the front end, rather than the back end of the word 'line' and taken together with COWARD [poltroon], you have the anagram fodder for COLD WAR.