Across
- 1. See XXX
- 4. Vicarious tithe gatherer who finds it hard to take time off over Christmas (5).
- 6. See XXX
- 9. Large community building with uncomfortable seating and free wine (6).
- 14. Hirsute obese elderly man franchise with limited vocabulary, hideously gaudy dressing gown, and an unexplained plethora of retail items for distribution (5,5).
- 15. Sixty-second piece remixed is tasty and festive (5,3)
- 16. Restive chasm before the revelries (9,3)
- 19. Thought booze (6,4)
- 21. It’s all about Him, apparently (3).
- 22. Gaggle member (5)
- 23. Oversees potentially inappropriate intimacy! (9)
Down
- 2. Two-dozen windows looking on to Christmas (5,8)
- 3. Tasty biennial umbelliferous Apiaceaen taproot (6).
- 5. Vanity? It confused children dressed as donkeys etc (8)
- 7. Startlingly awkward, unsafe, inappropriate, and insufficiently common domestic ingress preference of XXXX (7).
- 8. Caspar’s stinky resin (12).
- 10. Newspaper stuck on tree (4)
- 11. Messed-up archdeacon miming a title for Carol (2,4,4,1,6,5)
- 12. Tug-of-war cylinder containing a puny and unreliable explosive, a low-value facile diversion, a piteous attempt at wit, and some ill-fitting pseudo-ceremonial temporary headwear (7).
- 13. When this decoration was invented in 1610, it was made of shredded silver (6).
- 17. See XXX
- 18. Old frowning woman destined to deliver drab annual televised oratory (5).
- 20. Caribou in a hurry (6).