Across
- 3. Baby's first Christmas (4)
- 7. Alex's most used word of 2021 (5)
- 8. Twas the night before Christmas (3)
- 9. Munich's watering hole (11)
- 12. You may not have heard of this - corn saviour (anag, 11)
- 14. Does anyone smell burning? (9)
- 15. Where do bees go for their fish and chips? (4)
- 16. Guarding Munich's Gates (5)
- 17. Covid is no joke (5)
- 18. Prof. Sprout's second job (6,7)
Down
- 1. Black suit (6)
- 2. Who dances after a plague (6,6)
- 4. Unwelcome visitors at Nymphemburg Palace (5)
- 5. Germany's new political colours (7,5)
- 6. A liter of beer (4)
- 9. Hit musical gets pipped to the post (8)
- 10. A dramatic end of an era (5,4)
- 11. The christmas cake is missing (7)
- 13. New star discovered in America (8)