Cryptic crossword

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ACROSS

6. Lures outside to the nest, rink perhaps, (7) 7. Practical card? (5) 9. Run amok with a vessel (3) 10. Crude port that could be contaminated (9) 12. Offer to be in charge (8,3) 15. Former French protection meant oiling the works (7,4) 17. Curve line drawn with hostility (9) 19. Resin used by leading aircraftman? (3) 21. It’s senseless hiding in an empty cupboard (5) 22. Implement consumed, but not in time (3,4)

DOWN

1. Rang up lawyer first with knotty problem (5) 2. Saw at a dance? (3) 3. Principal male in the royal performance (4) 4. Contrasting, or camping out (9) 5. Unorthodox person eating the rice (7) 8. Foolish talk from the evil Doctor Short (6) 11. An aura Jim experienced with a narcotic (9) 13. Rode around on the back of a moped when worn down (6) 14. Courageous return in a vessel point (7) of 16. He returns carrying pictures of the planet (5) 18. Bird company doing overtime (4) 20. Having a bad time in a Spanish villa (3)