Please can you help? 1. Is it ages before Ely is arranged (8) 2, Expect to take off from here (6, 6) 3. Tied in knots from the big apple (4, 7) 4. Dixie needs water for a cuppa in the Dales (10) 5. Gammon left for a long time (10) 6. Trust them to have a Portrait Gallery (1`2) 7. According to Domesday a bull was in a pond (6) 8. One more at the beginning of America's National Cemetry (10) 9. Lock on to Hotspur (6, 5) Many thanks in advance for all your help.