QUICK CLUES:

Across 7. Drone (5) 8. Vocation (7) 9. Frequenter (7) 10. Very swift (5) 12. Insignificance (10) 15. Artifice (10) 18. Cede (5) 19. Voter (7) 21. Narration (7) 22. Fluctuation (5) Down 1. Falsehood (10) 2. Sphere (5) 3. Worry (4) 4. Receive (6) 5. Ominous (8) 6. Easier (7) 11. Deter (10) 13. Tale (8) 14. Non-attendance (7) 16. Weak (6) 17. Blemish (5) 20. Otherwise (4)