Christmas Cryptic (2020)
Across
- 2. A posers tattoo confusingly is a side dish (5-8)
- 7. My revered, royal, husband initially is present for newborn King (5)
- 9. Anger with love replacing rage is heaven sent (5)
- 11. Gardiner loves hand warmers (6)
- 12. Distructively petitions a seasonal flower (10)
- 13. Pine mice strangely produce seasonal treat (5-3)
- 17. Bird with headless moose found behind Greenhouse (5)
- 18. Confuse Alexa into elated state (10)
- 21. Head of Bethlehem in stale farm building (6)
- 23. Kindness derived from positive intention (8)
- 25. Scatter smart neon for decorations (9)
- 26. Phone ladies for song lyric (7-5)
- 28. Dreaming of this sort of Christmas, not wrong we hear (5)
- 30. Girl behind school tests is often found in stockings (7)
- 31. Chad's ear moved whilst silently acting (8)
- 32. Table of food is confusingly spared (6)
- 34. Song lyric is jumbled repeater (4-4)
- 36. knife scanner confusingly is a kingly gift (12)
- 37. Get everything out of secretion (4)
- 41. Member of sleigh team is a space traveller (5)
- 43. Initially I'm very into natty church festival (8)
- 45. Selflessly hiding helper (3)
- 48. Head of Sales in feat to produce meal (5)
- 50. Seasonal plant lost in Holy centre (5)
- 51. Cocktail with Santa currently before dance (8)
- 55. Kissing under this Street behind Motorway with the french appendage (9)
- 60. Fruit which head of Church quickly moved before famous Chuck (9)
- 63. Colonel with head of detachment is not very warm (4)
- 64. Broken stiff gun found inside (8)
- 65. Jane heads hip group initially the french calls song (6-5)
- 70. Narrow win against E R S initially
- 71. Rut reversed before vital bird (6)
- 72. When the sun is furtherest away, ice slots mix (8)
- 74. Foxy Ex backs into vine endlessly (5)
- 75. Ice hymn confusingly above fire place (7)
- 76. overacting snorter (3)
- 82. Kiss birds leads to song lyric
- 84. Mafia boss never without very elderly blood giver (6)
- 86. Soldier patrol initially retreats finding seasonal vegetable (7)
- 89. Present animation with Text (4)
- 92. Santa's now hiding what falls from the sky (4)
- 93. Badge ringer confusingly used to make small houses (6-5)
- 95. Broken heron plot found at top of the world (5-4)
Down
- 1. Initially gave aged precious metal (4)
- 3. Increase airflow we hear for coming arrival (6)
- 4. Golf equipment holds raven initially, it has branches (4)
- 5. Unsighted he's ripped game (5-4-4)
- 6. Love found up in CID (5)
- 8. Insect in South Ayrshire initially comes once a year (5)
- 10. No to backing the French for holiday (4)
- 11. Judy is festoon of flowers (7)
- 14. Dessert for confused muddling pup (4-7)
- 15. Boy replaces female in fells for ringing instruments (5)
- 16. Bird who's knowing me and knowing you (9)
- 19. Unmilled we oddly drink it warm (6-4)
- 20. Drink for example gin neat on glass initially (6)
- 22. Dismiss location, it's hot (4-5)
- 24. Knock down Royal Albert and Carnegie to decorate (4-3-5)
- 26. Ace of Spades for example is exchanged at Christmas (4)
- 27. Plant is very yellow initially (3)
- 29. Permanent mark before face found on neck
- 33. Gift can be found between the past and the future (7)
- 35. Head of farm secures groups of sheep (6)
- 38. City girl by Leicester border (9)
- 39. Reclaim broken extraordinary event (7)
- 40. Jumper is a perspirer (7)
- 42. Bed manager loses heart (6)
- 44. President with mixed set of instruments (8)
- 46. UK cat fire insanely produces traditional baked food (9)
- 47. Derrick Trotter's backwards mode of transport (4)
- 49. Supplies broken gin covering foot and leg (8)
- 52. Reindeer is Brightly lit with meditation (7)
- 53. Firey remains in red back reindeer (6)
- 54. Breaking uni loan limits for decorative lights (13)
- 56. Leaning boat is checked twice by Santa (4)
- 57. Tin seller hides decoration (6)
- 58. Song that I, departing Cairo, learn initially (5)
- 59. Smash elves fort to produce remains (9)
- 61. We hear you will record pudding (4-3)
- 62. Long for evergreen (4)
- 66. Cricket venue for peers (5)
- 67. Lady Penelope intially before group of cattle is a guardian (8)
- 68. C and Y walking aid is found on tree (5-9)
- 69. Silence around stage containing one carrying gifts (6)
- 73. Before the big day, hermits with caves are moved (9-3)
- 77. Marry without any excitement replacing cheerfulness (5)
- 78. Unfriendly and sparkling cold (6)
- 79. The day after is for packing after dawn (6-3)
- 80. Break regining monarch pulled at both ends (7)
- 81. Reindeer which will confusingly hold spur without Santa (7)
- 83. Animal watcher in pastures between girl and animal group (8)
- 85. Tuna backwards without a snack (3)
- 87. Graceful bird saw bad nose alternatively (5)
- 88. Baby mostly keeps unmoved before the french decoration (6)
- 90. The night before is not completely even (3)
- 91. Vehicle with degredation provides vegetable (6)
- 94. Family gathering initially for royal (5)