Merry Christmas 2025

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Across
  1. 4. The Lion King of Crystal Palace?
  2. 8. Royal sounding Everton goalkeeper
  3. 10. Sunderland's "X" factor
  4. 12. Leeds midfielder with maybe the shortest first name in the league?
  5. 13. A royal defender, but in a "cottage" not a castle
  6. 15. Head of the Catholic Church in Newcastle?
  7. 16. This Bournemouth midfielder/winger sounds more like a bar owner
  8. 19. Team making history this year for all the wrong reasons
  9. 20. A "Church" in Liverpool
Down
  1. 1. Brighton defender but sounds more like a basketballer
  2. 2. Maybe on the menu at a Mexican restaurant in Chelsea?
  3. 3. Delightful defender
  4. 5. Swedish striker, winner of the Bola de Prata in 2024 and 2025
  5. 6. Scottish midfielder with ties to London, Ontario
  6. 7. At first glance perhaps a Godly Greek dish, but actually just a Man City midfielder
  7. 9. Is today this Nottm Forest striker's birthday too?
  8. 11. Burnley defender, but despite what it sounds like, he probably runs
  9. 14. They'll always be s##t
  10. 17. West ham keeper with a name like a female body part
  11. 18. Arsenal winger on loan to Brentford