Rebecca's 2024 Christmas Crossword

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Across
  1. 1. Birthday brunch venue (4, 4)
  2. 5. We lost 36 hours of life to this (7, 2, 5, 5)
  3. 7. Spanish party town
  4. 10. Mabes’ role on her stage debut
  5. 11. Pathetic man in search of emotional vulnerability
  6. 12. What every prisoner has stolen
  7. 13. Chilli and Bandit’s little girl
  8. 15. A classic Julie recipes (4, 3, 5)
  9. 17. Imaginary friend who joins us very regularly
  10. 23. Keeping Joshy regular since November
  11. 24. Veterinarian with two Dads
  12. 25. 2024’s most exciting purchase, constantly on since May
  13. 26. Prescribed to every struggling couple (7, 3)
  14. 30. Mabel’s holiday friend who never watches TV
  15. 32. Slightly wonky living room embellishment that still needs touching up
  16. 33. What her tummy tells her she needs
  17. 34. Stress-inducing decoration that the professionals had never seen before (7, 7)
  18. 35. Suspiciously cheap building company (7, 6, 9)
  19. 37. What Abz has got (3, 6)
Down
  1. 2. We tied our children into these, before simply placing on them the smooth leather backseat of a Spanish taxi (3, 5)
  2. 3. What we, and 10 million other people, failed to get (5, 7)
  3. 4. Terrifying park activity that she’s cracked, and loves (3, 4)
  4. 6. Soothing TV entertainment for 6-month olds (8, 4)
  5. 8. What everything costs from the shop (3, 6)
  6. 9. What a queen
  7. 13. Boozy festive vocal event (4, 3, 6)
  8. 14. Brand suffering from an endless national shortage
  9. 16. Acorn headed romancer of unreal brunettes
  10. 18. What we’ve actively tried to do more of since May 10th
  11. 19. Program for which our home became a TV set (2, 5, 2, 6)
  12. 20. Prim and proper, structured Saturday fun
  13. 21. One of her many nicknames for her little pal (5, 5)
  14. 22. Blunt preschool teacher
  15. 26. Aquatic heroin, singing about the f*cking rising tide
  16. 27. Questionable carpenter. Smoked, didn’t talk much, couldn’t wait to get home
  17. 28. This obsession caused some mid-year problems (5, 5)
  18. 29. Your chilly start to every day (4, 7)
  19. 31. Save your money. Don’t go here (5, 5)
  20. 36. We spent four mentally exhausting, carpet cleaning, bottom-out, ultimately successful days on this (5, 8)