Oscar Gives Writing Crosswords a Go

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Across
  1. 3. Snaps at Christmastime?
  2. 4. A thick item of clothing that's always too hot?
  3. 6. It can happen in a duct or a fabric
  4. 7. Purview
  5. 8. ___ James, blues singer
  6. 10. A marker for historians
  7. 12. Boring, unoriginal
  8. 15. The UK's most fashionable river?
  9. 17. Scuba or laser, eg.
  10. 19. Petrostate autocrat (initials)
  11. 20. A stretchy helix
  12. 21. Simply Red meets Blue Monday? (4, 6)
  13. 23. You wouldn't want to see Van Halen or the Pointer Sisters in a venue with a low ___
  14. 25. Spread
Down
  1. 1. And the bee goes on?
  2. 2. There are 1,001 of these nights in the name of a famous collection of tales
  3. 5. A musical piece for one person
  4. 6. Deliberately lose (as a competition)
  5. 9. Largest of Saturn's moons
  6. 11. ?
  7. 13. Creature after blue and rock
  8. 14. Francois, French PM ousted September 2025
  9. 16. Many geese :-D
  10. 18. King, Queen and Prince, but not Jack
  11. 22. A banned Hollywood piece that you chill to?
  12. 24. Machine component with teeth