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25ac A wife and husband look for thermal protection? (7 two words)
A W ? H ? I ?
1d Frenchman on the run giving priest the slip gets a decoration (7)
P A I ? R O ?
1d Sceptical because of cigar-smoking leader (7)? O ? ? D E L
29d Yank's young'un,one in fleece (4) ? I O ?

25 Awn Hair - in Chambers.

1d Sceptical because of cigar-smoking leader (7)? O ? ? D E L

INFIDEL?

29d CION (one - I in CON (fleece)
Cion (Scion) is a young bud (of a plant)

1d paillon (see below)
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/paillon

Pa (p) illon

Papillon (in fiction) was a Frenchman who attempted to escape from a Colombian prison (I think)

My link does not seem to work.
Chambers shows
paillon : a piece of foil, to show through enamel (type of decoration)

Thank you all but if 1d is Paillon it means that I have 17 ac wrong
17ac This old tommy holding Unionist may be the making of Troubles (7) ? O ? S T E R

lobster
troubles minus U (anagram)

Papillon is a brilliant film starring Steve McQueen and Dustin Hoffman. It's based on an autobiography by Henri Charriere sentenced to life imprisonment in French Guiana.