Merry Christmas Matt 2023

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Across
  1. 3. second largest city in portugal (5)
  2. 5. birthday holiday destination (4,8)
  3. 10. first date location (8)
  4. 15. anagram of 'dad waver mucus' (7,6)
  5. 16. roman emperor from 27 bc - ad 14 (8)
  6. 18. english midfielder who made his debut for tottenham hotspur fc in 2018 (5)
  7. 19. ___ brand, comedian born in wandsworth in 1957 (2)
  8. 20. a small live-bearing killifish which has been bred in many colours, especially black (5)
  9. 21. dry, flammable material used for lighting a fire (6)
  10. 23. first name of actor starring in now you see me and 21 jump street (4)
  11. 24. english village with the dialling code 01306 (5)
  12. 26. road trip favourite (5,4)
  13. 28. large semiaquatic broad-tailed rodent (6)
  14. 29. one who sprints through frozen precipitation (10)
  15. 31. fragile tri-colour moves with famed slowness (13)
  16. 33. irish county in the province of munster bordering galway, tipperary and the atlantic ocean (5)
  17. 35. hall formerly owned by beatrix potter (8)
  18. 39. surname of the fictional family whose story is told in 'one hundred years of solitude' (7)
  19. 40. mode of transport with a hole in the middle (4)
  20. 42. drama starring gabriel macht and patrick j. adams (5)
  21. 43. venue at which 17d was seen (3)
  22. 44. cat of the streets (6)
  23. 48. mid-name blooms mid-summer (4)
  24. 49. a restaurant favourite (4)
  25. 51. tottenham hotspur fc goalkeeper who captained france to world cup victory in 2018 (6)
  26. 52. anagram of 'haughty octette' (3,3,5,3)
  27. 53. first name of whom "shaken, not stirred" is typically credited to (5)
  28. 55. patron saint of chester (8)
  29. 57. dense bread roll whose dough is boiled prior to baking (5)
  30. 59. where the quest to destroy the one ring began (9)
  31. 60. brittany ___ (6)
Down
  1. 1. anagram of 'engine net horn' (3,2,3,5)
  2. 2. scottish vegetarian? (7)
  3. 4. name of the shade our bathroom is painted (4,5)
  4. 6. archipelago comprising 4 islands off the northwest coast of africa (7)
  5. 7. city straddling the river avon in the southwest of england (7)
  6. 8. 5th game in the elder scrolls series (6)
  7. 9. homemade festive delicacy superior to shop-bought (5,3)
  8. 11. arabic feminine name that means safe, caring and honest (4)
  9. 12. hip hop duo formed in 2002 (10)
  10. 13. jumbled brick rampaged through lions' memory lane (9, 4)
  11. 14. contemptuously reject a tottenham player at the end of the season (5)
  12. 17. low-speed entry to water aka the pioneers of shoegaze (8)
  13. 22. argentinian central defender who joined tottenham hotspur fc in 2021 (6)
  14. 25. blubbery bedmate (4)
  15. 27. actual name of jerry reed's character "snowman" (6,4)
  16. 30. a person who is paid to kill someone (6)
  17. 32. the ___, nickname of tottenham hotspur fc (10)
  18. 34. could it contain crosswords? (6,3)
  19. 35. actual name of burt reynold's character "bandit" (2,8)
  20. 36. clock app for bedtime (6)
  21. 37. kathryn's lucky number is also a place of residence (6-3)
  22. 38. 1998 smashing pumpkins album (5)
  23. 39. place of worship, but wide (11)
  24. 41. 2003 rom-com directed by sofia coppola (4,2,11)
  25. 45. seasoning sting... or an 8.125 overall (8)
  26. 46. ivory coast defender signed by tottenham hotspur fc from paris saint-germain in 2017 (6)
  27. 47. anagram of 'wiglet thigh' (11)
  28. 50. smoothed lack of colour (4,5)
  29. 54. a restaurant even more the favourite (4)
  30. 56. 1995 crime thriller starring jonny lee miller (7)
  31. 58. cat of wonder (5)