bare bones again !

[puzzled?]

this is doing my head in today :(
12 across hair arrangement: mine included french article - is it pony something ?
16 across , loot was awfully good , - swag ?
17 down , we have lost hard texture - ??o?g
sorry i'm a pain today but just can,t get these today any help greatfully accepted thankyou

[geo0939]

French roll is a hairstyle.

[johnalex]

18a SWAG (loot) . . . anag WAS + G(ood)

[johnalex]

17d Weave . . . we (H)ave . . . . H=hard

[Fat Bloke]

17d weave

[puzzled?]

thank you johnalex & fat bloke, do you think 12 across could be plait ?

[cliffyg]

plait is the hairstyle

[cliffyg]

pit with la

[geo0939]

Would have helped to know the number of letters.

[puzzled?]

it doesn,t give you the numbers of how many letters, geo, sorry, thanks for trying to help me, its a bare bones crossword and if they gave us how many letters there were i'd be able to finish it a bit easier :)

am only stuck on 21 across and 25 across now - country where graduate introduces legislation on italy - ? a ? a ? i
i think 25 across is SYRIAN ?
could be any sir from a middle east country

[puzzled?]

thank you all for your help, you're great :)

[geo0939]

No problem puzzled?,I don't do this one so didn't know the format. My mistake.

[johnalex]

21a Malawi . . . . MA law I(taly)

[puzzled?]

:) thanks again :)

[johnalex]

ThankU2 puzzled! I forgot to confirm 25a SYRIAN, anag of SIR+ANY. Well done, ja