ASC Xmas Slightly Cryptic Crossword

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Across
  1. 3. Prickly garland (5,6)
  2. 6. chess piece’s communication (5,6)
  3. 8. Prickly buddy (5)
  4. 9. The birthday boy! (5)
  5. 11. Shhh! Sir Lancelot (6,5)
  6. 12. Cockney ‘eyes’ (5,4)
  7. 13. Serpent mixed up (7)
  8. 15. Stephen initially is guided (4)
  9. 17. Artisan takes tea break. Find the Xmas character hiding in these words. (5)
  10. 18. Festive aces to kings (9,5)
  11. 22. Punch for 24 hours (6,3)
  12. 24. Stealin’, crimson bird (5)
  13. 25. ABCDEFGHIJKMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ (4)
  14. 26. Not out (3)
  15. 27. A pull, a pop and a present (8)
  16. 28. University fellow with door opening device (6)
  17. 29. Tumbled ‘us as mats’ (8)
  18. 31. Enlist mixed, shiny stuff (6)
  19. 32. Jingle …..! Scotch whiskey (5)
Down
  1. 1. Y Y Y old chaps (5,4,3)
  2. 2. 25 windows and doors to open (6,8)
  3. 4. Political group's headgear (5,3)
  4. 5. Fog, the French, digit (9)
  5. 7. That old …..! Joke or story (8)
  6. 10. Spices up hello’s! (7,9)
  7. 14. Marx Dennis scrambled to the table (4,6)
  8. 16. A bird or delightful place (6)
  9. 18. Seasonal song requires car maintenance (5,7)
  10. 19. Wet weather love (8)
  11. 20. Sheared ewe leads urban rhyming lyrics on A4 (8,5)
  12. 21. Sea tortoise and droves lost Rabbit (6-5)
  13. 23. Dog comes back (3)
  14. 29. Overeating (8)
  15. 30. Heavenly body (4)