CRYPTIC CLUES

Across

6 Tell what happens at

the close election (7)

7 & 2Dn This will be empty after a number of strikes (8)

9 Antediluvian houseboat (3)

10 Revealing the true face

value? (9)

12 He's not to be trusted when he takes a hand (4,7)

15 Footman (11)

17 Expressing commendation to praise a politician (9)

19 Work after tea as a

spinner (3)

21 Knots avoided by good

navigators (5)

22 Not the first impression

(7)

Down

1 Is apprehensive about

loud sound receivers (5)

2 See 7 Across

3 Unnamed cleric

beheaded (4)

4 The personification of

nippiness (4,5)

5 He looks over a piece of television equipment (7)

8 The girl and boy

outside tied up (6)

11 Coupled up? (6,3)

13 A stand-in for a member of the legislature (6)

14 It's whole-meal when

consumed inside (7)

16 Obliged to make one

jump (5)

18 Sensitive animals coming back in a rush (4)

20 Describing the twisted look of a Western Railway (3)