Okay it's now 1:30 so here goes:
This one took me 10 minutes and I'd rate it as of moderate difficulty, but please feel free to differ. As I've bunged this together in a hurry there are no clues today but I have added definitions. Comments are now enabled so any queries, please ask.
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| 1 | CRYSTAL PALACE - Anagram [broadcast] of CLEARS PLAY ACT. Def: in London area |
| 8 | ACTIVE - A (area), CT (court), I, 'VE(have). Def: busy |
| 9 | RACILY - RA (artist), CI (Channel Islands), L{ovel}Y [extremely - first and last letters]. Def: with spirit |
| 10 | BRAG - B (bishop), RAG (charity event - think university rag week). Def: card game |
| 11 | CARTLOAD - Anagram [worked out] of ACTOR LAD. Def: vehicle's capacity |
| 12 | BYRON - BY(alongside), R (river), ON (working). Def: poet |
| 13 | DECOY - DE (of, French), CO (firm), Y{ou} [initially]. Def: lure |
| 15 | CONSPIRE - CON (argument against), SPIRE (church feature). Def: act together |
| 17 | MASK - M (1000), ASK (request). Def: protective covering |
| 19 | CANINE - CA (not exactly - circa = about/around), NINE (square - 3x3). Def: tooth |
| 20 | PLANET - PLANE (aircraft), T (time). Def: Jupiter, say - by example |
| 21 | GET THE PICTURE - GET (fetch), THE PICTURE (Gone With The Wind, perhaps). Def: understand |
Down | |
| 2 | RECUR - RE (engineers), CUR (scoundrel). Def: again happen |
| 3 | SNIGGER - Anagram [ contrived] of GINGER'S. Def: laugh |
| 4 | AYE - Hidden in [inner part of] {l}AYE{r}. Def: yes |
| 5 | PARTRIDGE - PART (separate), RIDGE (crest). Def: flier |
| 6 | LOCAL - Hidden [in] {Os}LO CAL{m}. Def: somewhere to drink |
| 7 | CALGARY - CAL (California), GARY (Cooper, perhaps). Def: city |
| 11 | CENTIPEDE - Anagram [ruined] of DECENT PIE. Def: insect |
| 12 | BROCADE - Anagram [adapted] of BARCODE. Def: fabric |
| 14 | COMPACT - Two definitions: concise / agreement |
| 16 | SKIRT - SKI (runner), RT (right). Def: avoid |
| 18 | SPEAR - S (small), PEAR (fruit). Def: pierce |
| 20 | PHI - P (pressure), HI (welcome). Def: Greek character |