25a Joins in furore coming from the east: K _ I _ S The only word that seems to fit is Knits but can't see what that has to do with the clue
18d Tinkers with digital tabloids: T _ E _ A _ S. The only word that fits is Trepans but that involves drilling a hole in a skull! THe first letter is wrong if the answer to 17a "More affected in row after a run" is NOT "artier" but that seems correct because a row ir a tier and that comes after "a run" or "ar"