Christmas Cryptic
Across
- 3. Santa's favourite (7)
- 6. Monarchs after inventory of chaps (9)
- 7. Drunk snake gives gifts (7)
- 12. Holiday hit: I'll wish romantic's faulty (3,1,4,3,9,2,3)
- 14. Outcast happily takes the start of Christmas (6)
- 15. A mix of leaves drop in Autumn for fairies (5)
- 17. Incorrect coordinates due to embellishments (11)
- 21. Mike Tyson's favourite chocalatier makes a bouquet (6)
- 22. Gift at the start of Autumn (4)
- 23. Christmas dinner where St Nicholas is from (6)
- 24. Sweet loaf taken illegally? (7)
- 25. Celebrity sits arrested oddly (4)
Down
- 1. Ball-breaker (10)
- 2. Add three grams to a beverage (6)
- 4. Secrecy agreement with a relevant CD mix is in the build-up (6,8)
- 5. Broadcast announces airstrike on foot of plant (9)
- 7. Clumsily patent a christmas pudding (9)
- 8. To be honest it smells good (12)
- 9. Gifted rhymer drops drug carelessly (5)
- 10. Killer whiskey with Christmassy tones (6,5)
- 11. Christmas rock star (4)
- 13. Treat specimen incorrectly with iodine (9)
- 16. Good king who likes his pizza (9)
- 18. Go insane after trunk of trees (9)
- 19. Inside there's no way of precipitation (4)
- 20. An own-goal score ruined the Christmas spirit (7)