Christmas Creeptic Crossword

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Across
  1. 1. Sounds like the rower has security, but his madness spread citywide (5)
  2. 3. You and I go after a devil - a beast from the past and future (7)
  3. 5. Getting fresh, punk? Not with this Cursed Earth hero's surname! (6)
  4. 7. Evaluate youth and find an evil prodigy (5,5)
  5. 10. The finest butter comes from the Cursed Earth (4,7,5)
  6. 13. Does this flowery foe fart heather confusedly? (6,5)
  7. 15. Axe the boarder (7)
  8. 17. Go far backwards and you'll find a founding father (5)
  9. 18. Initially suffered a duffing-up, but later fought alongside Dredd (4)
  10. 19. Bog-standard detective (8)
  11. 21. This sportsman used anti-G all over the place, and so did his son and grandson (5)
  12. 22. So, it's like vanquishment eternally relived, at first, when this leader meets his end (6)
  13. 23. Mixed-up comrade of Dredd's (2-5)
  14. 24. Norks out for the man with the swollen organ (5)
Down
  1. 2. Everett, Rogers or Dalglish? Lots of talent to draw from (5,3)?
  2. 4. I replace the fish's tail? Get stuffed! (7)
  3. 6. A helpful alien is an improvement(5)
  4. 7. All four are bad, but he's a real rotter! (5,6)
  5. 8. Assess anxiety, by the sound of it - he's the star of the show (5,5)
  6. 9. A connection to the family of another of the crossword's bad guys (4,5)
  7. 11. 'Ear no scorn confused for this crime lord (4.6)
  8. 12. Endless day of rest - you'll wake the dead! (6)
  9. 14. Within the soul of her, she yielded to nobody and became a great leader (7)
  10. 16. His path to wealth wasn't pretty (4,4)
  11. 20. Somewhere in the drokking rice pudding there's a renegade convict (5)