Mum Christmas 2025

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Across
  1. 9. The only player named in the Euro 2025 Team of the Tournament who was from a nation that has never won a Euros or World Cup (5,6)
  2. 11. What surgery is said to cure the ancient ailment of a 'wandering womb' (11)
  3. 12. Red flower or the first name of someone on loan at Newcastle (5)
  4. 15. The three animals in the name of the evil law firm in LA (4,3,4)
  5. 16. Europes largest waterfall (5,5)
  6. 18. Name of the goated professor at Shiz University (9)
  7. 19. Glindas starring song (7)
  8. 20. Setting for Nightsleeper (2025) (7, 5)
  9. 21. Word for corpse in Sanskrit (8)
Down
  1. 1. Lioness who has a train named after her in the West Midlands (4, 6)
  2. 2. Name of a 1971 album by a folk singer who overcame polio as a child (4)
  3. 3. Informal name for an animal that purrs when its happy (5)
  4. 4. Lake which small islands Lützelau and Ufenau are located in (6)
  5. 5. Location of the castle in the Traitors (7)
  6. 6. First footballer eve to win Strictly Come Dancing (5, 6)
  7. 7. Who held the MCWFC top scorer title before Shaw took it (7)
  8. 8. Victorian era spot good for swimming (5,4)
  9. 10. Name of Angels son (6)
  10. 13. Bob Dylan asks how many seas must these sail, in a 1962 classic (5,5)
  11. 14. Who is most likely to win in the game of Traitors, out of 48 so far worldwide (8)
  12. 17. '________' cottage, the residence of Dr Ruth Galloway (9)