Christmas 2023

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Across
  1. 3. It could be an uphill struggle to ban the baker here. (3,4,4)
  2. 5. Not very fashionable, and far back in time. (4,3)
  3. 10. Red fondue might warm you if you're this. (9)
  4. 11. Behaving badly - perhaps like Rudolf? (6,3,4)
  5. 12. This McDermott is one letter away from hating Christmas. (3,6)
  6. 13. Disappointed. (6)
  7. 14. If you haven't this on you, you're not very enthusiastic. (4)
  8. 15. Was he running mystery tours, or was he just an unreliable taxi? (4,2,5)
  9. 16. He was a McDermott, but he wasn't called Roger. (3,6)
  10. 19. If you have the correct precipitation, you're this. (5,2,4)
  11. 21. Of hearts or diamonds? Ask Myra. (3,4)
  12. 23. Replete like an amphibian. (4,2,1,4)
  13. 24. Michael's alternative to The Godfather. (4,3,4)
  14. 25. How to willingly give more than a vital organ. (4,1,5,3,1,4)
  15. 26. Look forward to something ... or put on weight. (6,2)
  16. 27. Sounds like a greeting for an old-fashioned bicycle. (4,5)
Down
  1. 1. If you wear your Pinafore, these will whistle free. (3,5)
  2. 2. It's quite rural, but there's no tillage here. (9)
  3. 4. Have you been cast in a Shakespearean role, or are you just being mischievous? (7,4)
  4. 6. Give your skeleton a day off. (4,4,5)
  5. 7. Wet, misty rain, nothing on the telly ... all adds up to this. (1,6,3)
  6. 8. Mrs Joe was annoyed - but got her five and fifty Roman numerals colourfully mixed up. (5)
  7. 9. The French say bon appétit, but we say this. (3,2,3)
  8. 15. What Francie Magee skipped. (3,3)
  9. 17. If you're through this, you're very disorganised. (5)
  10. 18. If your clothes are tight and uncomfortable, you're this. (7)
  11. 20. If your locks are like this, you're having a bad hair day. (1,5)
  12. 22. You might be empty, but you're able to levitate! (1,7,4,3,6)