Across
- 2. See XX (pudding)
- 4. Picture B
- 9. Picture D
- 10. See XX (ofnewyork
- 11. diverse spurge family member with festive bracts (10)
- 12. Gospel of John, Chapter 11, Verse 35 (5,4)
- 13. See XX (Manger)
- 14. Weird cocktail followed by North-Eastern booze (3,4)
- 17. Can assault crazy Christmas visitor (5,5)
- 19. Bohemian duke (good) and older brother of Boleslaus the Cruel (not good)(9)
- 21. Wary of flaky tier one? Compose a song! (9,2,3,4)
- 27. The first gymnosperm to have its genome sequenced! (9,4)
- 28. Tasty dish made from torn napkins and assorted giblets (4,2,8)
- 29. Nucleate around mineral or organic particles in moisture-saturated, subfreezing air masses, and grow by net accretion to the incipient crystals (10)
- 30. Carol is not at home, with a skin infection in bad rain (4,1,2,6)
Down
- 1. See XX (Drummerboy)
- 3. Press release with five points about tea gifts (8)
- 5. See XX (blankets)
- 6. Picture A
- 7. Christmas carol. Third verse starts: “And our eyes…” (4,2,5,6,4)
- 8. Christmas accompaniment: stupid first half with a very loud middle-section, ending in G (8)
- 15. See XX (davidscity)
- 16. Most of flock on the hill are staying put (8)
- 18. Gin/chard dips must be prepared for dessert (9,7)
- 20. Prickly Aquifoliaceaen (5)
- 22. The best bit of Christmas lunch is organising operas and tattoos
- 23. Christmas song written by Katherine Kennicott Davis in 1941 and famously performed as a duet (3,6,7,3)
- 24. Day CCCLXI day of 2020 (6,3)
- 25. Picture C
- 26. Bust testicles? (9)
