CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

Across

7. An affaire hots up sort of (5,1,7)

8. Take the pH of itchy palms – it is spiritually symbolic (8)

9. Regretted being crass, we hear (4)

10. Coming back with something unprocessed, so to speak, could make someone ready for battle (7)

12. Had a game in, reportedly, a tartan (5)

14. Make a big cut in a tree found at sea level (5)

16. Open-and-shut chest of drawers houses some rabbits (7)

19. Salt of the earth type of singer embraced (4)

20. Ram meant for military use (8)

22. Can Lindsay & Sam have an account here? (6,7)

Down

1. Falsifying without a signal could be speculative (4)

2. A lease could be a bit different, Alan (6)

3. Move camera past gateau to flatten it? (7)

4. James the First is sick in the prisons (5)

5. Heartlessly steal away with the girl (6)

6. No devise can save plane from this (8)

11. You can go now – the results are negative (3,5)

13. To speculate on French is in me (7)

15. Protestor mysteriously gets a bit passionate (6)

17. You would not stay calm by one of these playing! (6)

18. They would put a stop to the horse races and stop the horses, we hear (5)

21. The return of the redundant was a bit exposed (4)