Across
- 5. Today's gift (7)
- 8. Funny cake - really, really cool to start with - goes bang! (7)
- 10. Before Christmas, believe at last! (3)
- 11. Parasite carelessly lost time around the end of the course (9)
- 12. It Sparkles in Putin’s electioneering? (6)
- 14. Broken Satnav, with bit missing, brings Christmas cheer! (5)
- 16. Heavenly being? Or article you put in your hair? (5)
- 17. Father Christmas chuckles once, before beginning to laugh, leap, then yell! It's spiky! (5)
- 18. Heartless manager provides unconventional crib (6)
Down
- 1. Person obsessed with buried treasured should be roasted! (8)
- 2. Rats turn up to show the way to Bethlehem (4)
- 3. 60-second sleuths said, "pastry treats!" (5,4)
- 4. Santa's helper said to be in drizzle, darling! (8)
- 6. Christmas dinner in Asia Minor? (6)
- 7. Bird reported to be stealin' (5)
- 8. 50 take part in unconventional dance, producing light (6)
- 9. Ruler at the end of messy babies' beds - or at the end of your own bed on Christmas Eve? (8)
- 13. Strange – a blest Christmas birthplace! (6)
- 14. Compass points, losing energy, find love - but it’s cold! (4)
- 15. Girl's Christmas songs? (6)