RC#5 Chriastmas Crytpic Crossword

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Across
  1. 5. Today's gift (7)
  2. 8. Funny cake - really, really cool to start with - goes bang! (7)
  3. 10. Before Christmas, believe at last! (3)
  4. 11. Parasite carelessly lost time around the end of the course (9)
  5. 12. It Sparkles in Putin’s electioneering? (6)
  6. 14. Broken Satnav, with bit missing, brings Christmas cheer! (5)
  7. 16. Heavenly being? Or article you put in your hair? (5)
  8. 17. Father Christmas chuckles once, before beginning to laugh, leap, then yell! It's spiky! (5)
  9. 18. Heartless manager provides unconventional crib (6)
Down
  1. 1. Person obsessed with buried treasured should be roasted! (8)
  2. 2. Rats turn up to show the way to Bethlehem (4)
  3. 3. 60-second sleuths said, "pastry treats!" (5,4)
  4. 4. Santa's helper said to be in drizzle, darling! (8)
  5. 6. Christmas dinner in Asia Minor? (6)
  6. 7. Bird reported to be stealin' (5)
  7. 8. 50 take part in unconventional dance, producing light (6)
  8. 9. Ruler at the end of messy babies' beds - or at the end of your own bed on Christmas Eve? (8)
  9. 13. Strange – a blest Christmas birthplace! (6)
  10. 14. Compass points, losing energy, find love - but it’s cold! (4)
  11. 15. Girl's Christmas songs? (6)