Xmas 2023

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Across
  1. 5. Surname of the family in the Sound of Music (3,5)
  2. 6. What is Germany's most famous grape (8)
  3. 8. largest desert in the world (10)
  4. 10. the world's newest recognised country (2011) (5,5)
  5. 13. a mountain lake (4)
  6. 16. best picture winner Oscars 2023 (10,10,3,2,4)
  7. 17. author of the Discworld series of books (5,9)
  8. 18. Oxford dictionary 2023 word of the year (4)
  9. 20. name of the snowman in the the film Frozen (4)
  10. 22. Swedish author who died in 2004 (5,7)
  11. 23. the name given to the text of an opera (8)
  12. 24. name of Bogart's character in Casablanca (4,6)
Down
  1. 1. His actual name is Arthur Traver Harris (born 1892) (6,5)
  2. 2. What grape is Beaujolais made from (5)
  3. 3. Spanish word for family (7)
  4. 4. He starred in "Somewhere in Camp" (1942) (5,6)
  5. 7. Frank Sinatra's character in the film (1955) Guys and Dolls (6,7 )
  6. 9. golf course hosting the next Ryder Cup (8)
  7. 11. Scotland's national animal (7)
  8. 12. winner of SPOTY 2023 (4,5)
  9. 14. Happy Christmas in Spanish (5,7)
  10. 15. longest running West End musical (3,10)
  11. 19. current mens all around gymnastic world champion(5,9)
  12. 21. She wrote Emma (4,6)