Peter's Christmas Crossword 2022

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Across
  1. 4. start the year on a slippery slope (5,6)
  2. 6. seeking fortunes and changing landscapes
  3. 9. Doesn’t Mean Anything, possessive
  4. 12. noxious pest that is regularly spanked
  5. 13. abandoning a moving vehicle
  6. 15. picturesque trek to view grim failure
  7. 17. overwhelmingly attended by colonisers (3, 10)
  8. 18. married musos (9,3,4)
  9. 21. swat target
  10. 23. artificial underground passage
  11. 25. one whole becomes two parts
  12. 26. to avoid falling in the drink (4,4,5)
  13. 27. sudden, heavy, wet event(4,4)
Down
  1. 1. place where 5 is sufficient, 6 is extreme
  2. 2. happily stranded in one
  3. 3. trail turned on its side
  4. 5. money pits location
  5. 6. small mouthed threat (3,5)
  6. 7. keep moist and make better
  7. 8. relationship challenges (4,5)
  8. 10. mid morning meal transport
  9. 11. plan, time, care, eat (4,4)
  10. 13. ill-advised implement for late demolition
  11. 14. horrifying and harmless
  12. 16. pink cliffs loom over temporary abode
  13. 19. cause of line break and bruises
  14. 20. burnouts and cold feet
  15. 22. look where you want to go
  16. 24. transport curiosity