### Clue: Still tense about election's initial turn out (9)
### Answer: EVENTUATE 
 ### Explanation: Definition: turn out
 EVEN(still/to a greater degree, as in "it's still better to be open about it") + **reversal of**(… about) TAUT(tense/without any slack) **containing**(about) **1st letter of**(…'s initial) "election".