-
1a
Christmas carol (4,3,5)
-
9a
Party leader (5)
-
10a
Piece of music (7)
-
11a
Coward — time for festivities (4)
-
12a
Dancer, say (8)
-
14a
Y, say (6)
-
15a
Seasonal decoration (6)
-
18a
Opened eg champagne (8)
-
20a
Alternative to meat (4)
-
22a
They get roasted at this time of year (7)
-
23a
Treetop adornment (5)
-
24a
Caveats (12)
-
2d
eg Chinese (7)
-
3d
Another party's first and current leader (4)
-
4d
Stinging insect (6)
-
5d
Piece of torn skin (8)
-
6d
Lord (5)
-
7d
In a slanderous manner (12)
-
8d
Seasonal sweet food (6,6)
-
13d
I agree! (4,4)
-
16d
Kind of wedding (which goes off with a bang?) (7)
-
17d
Entertaining 2 female companion (6)
-
19d
They present seasonal greetings (5)
-
21d
Seasonal visitors (4)