Across
- 5. – Much loved yellow Labrador
- 6. – Close-cropped hairstyle
- 7. – Contented cat sound
- 10. - Yorkshire town with a canal, university and direct train to Manchester
- 14. – Hot drink with milk, often
- 15. – Practical key holder with queer semiotics
- 16. – Centrepiece of a British Christmas dinner
- 17. - Very middle class area
- 19. – Author of 1984
- 21. – Holiday plant hung in doorways
- 23. - Match the categories
- 24. – Catlike, by nature
- 26. - Car brand
- 27. – UK broadcaster, briefly
- 29. – Christmas side dish, informally
- 31. – Novelist, Jane
- 33. – Festive snap-and-joke item
- 35. – Stripy cat
- 37. – Sturdy boots associated with certain scenes
- 38. – River flowing past Liverpool
- 40. – Cat facial features
Down
- 1. - THAT dating site
- 2. - Some people’s favourite colour
- 3. – Ethical clothing brand popular at markets, without the &
- 4. – Relating to desire named for a Greek poet
- 8. – Bookshop of many kisses
- 9. – Brief rest taken by a cat
- 11. – Jangly item often attached to keys
- 12. – UK health service, briefly
- 13. – Author of Orlando
- 18. - Japanese food, ideal for eating in a restaurant or at home
- 20. – British line
- 22. – Tattoos, casually
- 25. – Manchester waterway
- 27. - Coin shaped delight
- 28. - Lego plane
- 30. – Countdown to Christmas
- 32. – Queer-coded theatrical style
- 34. – Liverpool slang
- 36. – One of the Brontë sisters
- 39. – December abbreviation
