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Birds show how to take crack cocaine before start of sunrise, or conversely how to take powder cocaine (7)
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Horizontales
  1. 1A
    Birds show how to take crack cocaine before start of sunrise, or conversely how to take powder cocaine (7)
  2. 8A
    In a pickle jar came Sol - and also in this? (5,5)
  3. 14A
    Engage muscles before ball (6)
  4. 16A
    Drunk Axl Rose expelling first bit of chunder - why he soiled himself perhaps? (8)
  5. 17A
    Insect, fly and bug almost in icy area (9)
  6. 19A
    Rebel, for one, wearing bomb, topless (8)
  7. 21A
    Maybe enter a formula (3)
  8. 22A
    Never ending sack might be a shelter for christmas presents (3)
  9. 23A
    December celebration held by Afghan UK kahunas (8)
  10. 31A
    Cross dresser’s large, terrible howler (3,3,4)
  11. 32A
    Examining unwrapped Christmas symbol (5)
  12. 33A
    Last Christmas band starts to wave hands at Mass (4)
  13. 34A
    Return to corrode church candle (5)
  14. 37A
    Abandoned on drugs but never drunk (4,3,3)
  15. 38A
    Muddled, unfair and broken (3,2,5)
  16. 40A
    Blocks missing start of Gay Pride Month! (3)
  17. 42A
    Start of hymn in C or D? (5)
  18. 46A
    For example, Sky's introduction - boxing, golf and Spurs (4)
  19. 49A
    Cook books to help make dough or bread? (5,7)
  20. 51A
    Scrooge's dismissive sound almost follows spirit arriving at ballroom steps (5)
  21. 52A
    Actor Olivia Munn leads in Cheers (3,5)
  22. 53A
    Set on, put off, dug up (10)
  23. 56A
    Christmas presents that come in pairs solved utter shambles (6,5)
  24. 58A
    Boy loses new Action Man, say (3)
  25. 60A
    Looking great in no top, strangely (2,5)
  26. 62A
    Explain only as long as unknown (7)
  27. 66A
    Cartoon Shopkeeper's earplug regularly ignored (3)
  28. 67A
    Santa's bag holding in TinTin, oddly (5,4)
  29. 70A
    Python, swallowing new golf ball, is a scaly creature (8)
  30. 71A
    Natural disaster one's bumhole sent back West (7)
  31. 72A
    Without coat, loveliest girl finds fun thing to do in winter (8)
  32. 73A
    Large ring to catch equine? (5)
  33. 74A
    Rotten performed with Vicious, maybe, for the audience (6)
  34. 76A
    Elk's first antler damaged forever (7)
  35. 77A
    Barrels without opening grills (4)
  36. 78A
    Purest explosive blows up (6)
  37. 79A
    Perhaps Queen's throne refurbished (6)
Verticales
  1. 2D
    Former United manager removes jacket in port (3)
  2. 3D
    Direction to swing curly hair (3)
  3. 4D
    Note contains island writer's end (3)
  4. 6D
    One who transitioned in adolescence - except trans exclusionary radical feminist introduces “lady on the outside only” (9)
  5. 7D
    Lift arm and knees-up (5)
  6. 9D
    Called out "are you aware of a city in Alaska?" (6)
  7. 10D
    Concrete capital (4)
  8. 11D
    Tilt part of gun (4)
  9. 12D
    Hang about and toil about, Queen (6)
  10. 13D
    The King converts current into energy for toy manufacturers (5)
  11. 15D
    A robe's origins in South India? (4)
  12. 18D
    Snowshoe turns one into a facet of Jamaican culture (3)
  13. 20D
    The BBC entertained by Romeo and Juliett returning in a more cheerful manner (8)
  14. 22D
    Mushroom’s somewhat self raising, perhaps? (8)
  15. 23D
    According to reports, pains caused by robbery shows big risk, big reward (4,6)
  16. 24D
    Working backwards forces convention (4)
  17. 25D
    Laker in Japanese city (4)
  18. 26D
    Reconcile Stanley’s band with their USP (4,3,4,2)
  19. 27D
    Time tries to surpress King and Danny's gang (1-5)
  20. 28D
    Commercial run up to Christmas trading - November with resistance (6)
  21. 29D
    What one may do up the wrong tree trunk sheath (4)
  22. 30D
    A noise you may hear from the roofs on 24th's three houses (2,2,2)
  23. 35D
    Perhaps 3D effect (2)
  24. 36D
    Fake boob? No chance (6,2)
  25. 39D
    Feature of Christmas Dinner that's penny each (3)
  26. 41D
    Prophet's unknown energy either side, like at sea (7)
  27. 42D
    Across 22 acres her mitts thrown about (9,4)
  28. 43D
    Cor blimey's close after measure of resistance (2,2)
  29. 44D
    In life, very bad headaches may be caused by this (5)
  30. 45D
    Current & new (2)
  31. 47D
    Victorian Christmastime? (6)
  32. 48D
    Deliverer of Christmas presents found in Panama zone (6)
  33. 50D
    Genuine escape (5)
  34. 54D
    Spot creator’s anger when retired - relax! (4,4)
  35. 55D
    Charlie leaves disc jockey’s place of work - you might hear it on the radio? (9)
  36. 56D
    Teaching airline note working (7)
  37. 57D
    Fish fingers (4)
  38. 59D
    Maybe someone who live streams musical instrument for sheep aloud (8)
  39. 61D
    Heads of the youth parliament implement strict totalitarian standards for those who work for dictators, perhaps? (7)
  40. 62D
    Goddess cradles one close to daughter, son and other young people (7)
  41. 63D
    The sound of a cold and the sound of what catches it (7)
  42. 64D
    Sex appeal in Virginia beginning to manifest in compound (7)
  43. 65D
    Wine kit spilled - I'm unsurprised (1,4,2)
  44. 68D
    Head of Apple acted like sportswear giant (6)
  45. 69D
    Deer children show affection for succeeded (5)
  46. 75D
    Top hat (3)
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