Great Big Christmas Quiz: Ordinary Level

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Across
  1. 3. Your achievements are tasty. (5)
  2. 6. Jumbled Russian leader is one of 400 billion. (4)
  3. 7. ER in short. Little town on the French border. (9)
  4. 10. You should be airing flesh with your colleagues! (4, 7)
  5. 13. Sidekick with crimson proboscis. (7)
  6. 16. Following sulfur, Miss Minogue tries to stay on her feet. (5)
  7. 18. Play nines. Ask the girl who says aye! (5)
  8. 19. Four + Y = ? (3)
  9. 20. Measure of potassium provided by equine lover! (4)
  10. 23. Play around in year four. (3)
  11. 25. The other half has talons I hear. (8)
  12. 27. Mildly risqué words in the classroom! (8)
  13. 28. Stocking up time. (9, 3)
  14. 31. Check it twice or you may tilt! (4)
  15. 35. Garth didn’t make it to detention for teachers! (5, 4, 5)
  16. 39. Country not celebrating Christmas. (6)
  17. 40. Grand instrument for this time of the year. (4)
  18. 41. Pythagoras point of view is confused. How celestial! (6)
  19. 42. 90.0000° N, 0.0000° W
  20. 43. British pugilists love this day. (6)
  21. 44. Zilch in the midst of three points is Bing’s desire! (4)
  22. 46. This month’s speeches are fancy. (11)
  23. 48. Their is war! Ice us Glib Hip..... (5, 5)
  24. 50. Santa’s SNAs. (7)
  25. 51. Spices things up at these times of the year. (7)
Down
  1. 1. Precipitation darling for Santa’s journey. (8)
  2. 2. It ‘singed the moth’ according to Will. Watch both ends over the holidays! (6)
  3. 4. Fury around a note for this decorative ring. How grave!(6)
  4. 5. Ancient benevolent despot. (9)
  5. 8. Something afoot in pantomime. (5, 7)
  6. 9. Sounds like Mr. Culleton has good judgement. Smells nice anyway. (12)
  7. 11. Drive by dreaded by hapless secondary teachers. (10)
  8. 12. Taint ivy at the birth. (8)
  9. 14. Norma and Niamh in Paraguay. Knees up! (5)
  10. 15. Santa’s little spy sounds like he’s stealing! (5)
  11. 17. Risque after hesitation between two points! What the inspectors are counting on. (8)
  12. 18. Quiet! It’s trendy to invest - Where many fish hoard (6,4)
  13. 21. Waiting for Noonan and Howlin to say vat end. Some hope! (6)
  14. 22. Coral tunes. (5)
  15. 24. Cliff, Madonna and Green Day take time off. (8)
  16. 26. Loveliest fauna appraise your performance. (4, 10)
  17. 29. Thrash em Mark! (7)
  18. 30. Devilish staffroom consortium! (3,3,3)
  19. 32. J.C. keeps him secret! (5)
  20. 33. ABCDEFGHIJKMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ (4)
  21. 34. A pointiest Christmas shrub. (10)
  22. 36. Nocturnal noiselessness. (6,5)
  23. 37. Any ewer will do for a party. (3,4)
  24. 38. According to W.B. ‘a man whom Sorrow named his friend’. Less important guests who arrived empty handed! (8)
  25. 45. Attendance is all wrapped up. (8)
  26. 47. First lady’s fifty little pointy men. (5)
  27. 49. Michael Noonan past, present and future! (7)