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7D - IGNITE. How does this parse?
21A - Girl given test about keeping home (6) ?A?I?E

21 Maxine, girl. It's Exam, backwards ('about') with In/home inside.

Maxine: contains exam backwards

Ignite is reversed in the clue
Exam reversed around in (home) = Maxine

You haven't given the clue for 7 D, so I can't help with the parsing.

Maxine.
What is the clue for ignite?

Thanx to all re MAXINE.

See previous reply re IGNITE. Don't know how I missed that as I looked at it all ways for ages!!!

Same here, took me ages - For those without the paper:-

7d. Set off from meeting, initially somewhat upset

What threw me was the inclusion of 'Initially' and 'Upset', which is usually an anagram indicator - that's my excuse anyway!!

22d....Second, not first up in the air

?F?Y......IFFY ? If so, why ?

(J)iffy