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CAST's Cryptic Christmas Crossword 2024

● · By Sir Didymus · Published by Red Ellen (Red Ellen) · Published 2024-12-23T21:00:22.468Z

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    Jackson's civil war halted.
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    Across
    1. 1A
      Jackson's civil war halted.
    2. 9A
      Only one in the trees in this cash-strapped panto.
    3. 10A
      Sooty '80s pop group.
    4. 11A
      Do German's give poison at Christmas?
    5. 14A
      Succeed in passing.
    6. 16A
      Do Merlin and Gandalf have this kind of Christmas?
    7. 17A
      No Christmas 'spirits' for this horizontal plane.
    8. 18A
      This keeps everything together.
    9. 19A
      Hearing test?
    10. 20A
      xiv lbs = a _ _ _ _ _.
    11. 22A
      Steinbeck's left-wing ride. (3,4)
    12. 23A
      Perhaps St Sales is the patron saint of these?
    13. 24A
      It's hard to find a bit of this Welsh toast.
    14. 28A
      The first to bring the tools.
    15. 29A
      Woman's Indian coin.
    16. 30A
      Annually for Kate and Emma.
    Down
    1. 2D
      The Tyne Tunnel takes this out of its drivers.
    2. 3D
      This Christmas saint is not old.
    3. 4D
      Toast to the bringer of mulled wine at Christmas.
    4. 5D
      The Irish Dail is set out this way in the UK.
    5. 6D
      Alethic mixed for a moral meaning.
    6. 7D
      Combined sorcery and rug to get Aladdin's transport. (5,6)
    7. 8D
      Oral hygiene without the candy. (6,5)
    8. 12D
      Christmas house made from a brown loaf.
    9. 13D
      What a carry on to turn the sleigh round.
    10. 15D
      The exam on the 25th makes it irritable.
    11. 16D
      The past tense of Scrooge.
    12. 20D
      'Walking in the air' with this fellow.
    13. 21D
      One of the Magi.
    14. 25D
      Sad Tories.
    15. 26D
      Annoying little insect.
    16. 27D
      Wan quiet beer.
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