MERRY CHRISTMAS MA!

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Across
  1. 2. Lyrically the kind of girls who get tricked not treated
  2. 6. Job of making unseasoned sparrows after Hollard
  3. 7. Prohibited to be injured barefoot without an umpire
  4. 9. Bees and swans leave bubbles with Mr Caine the performer
  5. 11. Director calls for a recess, so what?
  6. 12. White flower of novel origins
  7. 14. Partly sunken, the german soil is subterranean
  8. 17. Mr Or. to owe endlessly when the sun comes out
  9. 18. Monument for no males to straddle
  10. 19. Barred from rattling fruit so I heard
  11. 22. A lyre? Oh how distressing for a small town
  12. 23. Arguably the only man worthy of Christine is a spectre
  13. 24. Actually among the yaks, yeti live
  14. 25. Your son may sigh but firstly red, orange, turquoise hues are knocked out
Down
  1. 1. Carefully considered a festive wine
  2. 3. Beloved king of Welsh candy
  3. 4. At the station, Spooner Davo waves goodbye, “Later Woo!”
  4. 5. Brothers said to breathe her in
  5. 8. Heartless church leader follows direction from abbey
  6. 10. Bonne? No, sounds like a singer to me
  7. 13. Brews her tea and warms up again
  8. 15. We bring unconventional cooking
  9. 16. Street bistro but no tea thanks
  10. 20. Without receiving payment for U2’s frontman
  11. 21. Stalin‘s a dreamer
  12. 23. Cap is so changed by famous Spaniard