The BMJ Christmas 2022

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Across
  1. 2. Mother and grandmother embracing copper and Northern Ireland city dweller (9)
  2. 4. Something wrong turned up in mirror reflection (5)
  3. 7. Women begrudgingly pay fine to quit exercise (7)
  4. 9. Appearing to have taken buffet after victory, detective cried (9)
  5. 13. Where greens (five a day) are the ideal (6)
  6. 15. Prepare tea to drums beaten by brainbox (10)
  7. 18. Ashley, say, not starting to learn vibes (4)
  8. 20. Stiff pine stick with ends shaved off protects the French (9)
  9. 22. It’s cold in Leicestershire (3)
  10. 23. ‘Astatine found in North Yorkshire river’ – Science journal (6)
  11. 25. Vote against article appearing among New Yorker’s leaders (3)
  12. 26. Conceptual artist in the outskirts of Torquay is in search of a drink (7)
  13. 28. One new chap, present (according to Spooner) having entered very active state (2,4,4)
  14. 29. Catch male donkeys in Australia and South America, say (10)
  15. 31. Expressing annoyance when nothing’s repeatedly found in search engine (6)
  16. 32. American TV station covers strange remnants of meal (6)
  17. 33. Makes certain to blame head of state after Conservative loss (7)
Down
  1. 1. One caring about lack of education (9)
  2. 3. Organization familiar to British key workers (6)
  3. 5. & 6 Assumption of no significance is worked out pointlessly – huh! (4,10)
  4. 6. See 5 Down
  5. 8. Android perhaps losing energy in random reboot (5)
  6. 10. Objective of top journo around start of November (3)
  7. 11. Magazine returned graduate’s letters from Greece (6)
  8. 12. Quote number-one French filmmaker brought up after start of Christmas (8)
  9. 14. Give party a ‘ten’, surprisingly (6)
  10. 16. Endlessly investigating singer in evidence this time of year (5)
  11. 17. Reasonable trade show (4)
  12. 19. Too engrossed in serials, obviously (4)
  13. 21. Every other summer lily, I hear, is more fragrant (8)
  14. 24. Number among us, born in revolution, are not acknowledged (6)
  15. 27. Sign on occasionally where chambermaid’s employed (3)
  16. 30. A watery fluid spirit from Kent? (5)
  17. 31. Bread from British port held up by revolutionary (7)