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Struggling to get 21 ac

I think it is examines but how?

See (to date) around Ma in Nix all reversed

Okay the nix and see fooled me totally! Thanks again Mamya!

Got it, thanks Jack.

On re-visiting this, I am still puzzled about the last three:
16A Busy route going across yacht (4). I have M-X-;
18D Be permanently present at the bottom of a shaft, drinking ditchwater primarily (7) . I have I---E-L. Idoneal? But why?
22A Revolutionary musical director's opening a case (6) --T-V- . Octave?
All help gratefully received!

16a Spilt "across". It's a type of yacht.
18d I'm not convinced, but I don;t have "idoneal"
22a grammatical case

16A; maxi
M1
a x - racing yacht

18 In D Well

18D: in d well ?

22A: dative