Libby Lou's 2024 X-Mas Crossword d'Amour

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Across
  1. 3. A's word for "independently"
  2. 5. A's bestie, poorly parented
  3. 9. E wanted to be the flower girl in Mallorca. A wanted to be the...
  4. 11. E's role in Wonka
  5. 12. D's nationality in Berlin
  6. 15. Topic of future bestseller
  7. 17. spoken with varying emotions at Hillhead
  8. 18. What A started liking just before Easter
  9. 19. August visitors: Bree, Clara, JP, Naomi and ______
  10. 21. Rogue marketing director
  11. 22. New floors installed by
  12. 24. Xmas visitors this year
  13. 26. Sleepover sicky (Feb)
  14. 27. A's catch-all term for "the past"
  15. 29. E's least fav geological feature
  16. 31. City which had 11 pretty women for a few days in March
  17. 32. Uni service L is taking over
  18. 33. A tips over when angry, and asked L to push over for her when angry & tired
Down
  1. 1. After hours feast
  2. 2. Wonderful woman; won't let hair down
  3. 4. E's fav app on L's phone
  4. 6. Rough ending to a long story (Dec)
  5. 7. Totally knows who Allie is
  6. 8. Book with a built-in audience
  7. 10. What E discovered in Victoria Park in April
  8. 13. Appliance Allie fears
  9. 14. A's fav joke
  10. 16. A chill dude only when compared with his wife (Nice guy, though - we like him)
  11. 20. A's fav character to play
  12. 23. Inhabitants of curtain tent in living room
  13. 25. Turns a triangle into a rectangle (and has dull parents)
  14. 28. Secret hopscotch aficionado; good WWII knowledge
  15. 30. Object whose name A says with two glottal stops