CRYPTIC Crossword

Complete the puzzle to reveal two solutions in the shaded squares, relating to the picture clues.

ACROSS

2 See 6 Down

9 Bashed for being popular (3)

10 Trio of seasonal star gazers (4) 11 See 18 Down

13 Freezes the cake (4)

15 It’s not cool to have something recently stolen (3)

16 Cockney gets a wolf sound from a bird (3)

17 Somehow Wayne gets

ER at resolution time (3,4) 19 License for quiet (7)

23 Creations do make a difference around Christmas (11)

27 Russian car loses headlight but still the girl remains (3)

28 What this season usually leaves you in (4)

29 150 go east for light (6)

30 Rings for appeals? (5)

32 See Martin’s elaborate decoration inside (6)

35 Whinnied oddly for beverage (4) 36 I leave winos out in the cold (4) 37 Do Kiwis esteem the most learned within? (6)

38 Mat rests about on this (8)

DOWN

1 What has two whoops got to do with an expression of awe at Christmas? (3) 3 This girl is a prickly sort of character (5)

4 The man from the orphanage (4) 5 Motel site modified for the Christmas kiss (9) 6dn & 2ac When it becomes the present time (2,9) 7 Carlo turned out to be a song girl (5) 8 Present containers for the English stockings (6,5) 12 The girl the night before Christmas (3)

14 The seasonal birthday boy (6) 17 Found what you want back in Aberdeen (4) 18dn & 11ac With equal effect, too (2,4) 20 Cud star chewed for dessert (7) 21 Reserve a gift (4)

22 Proverbially easy to get from a young charge and found on the Christmas table (5) 24 A tree topper (5)

25 Jenni Dylan has a romantic interlude (4)

26 Not before Christmas initially for the league (3)

30 With Parke out of barkeepers reorganisation it leaves the common drinks (5)

31 Somewhat nascent he turns up at this time of the year (5) 32 What about the defrost? (4) 33 Crazy Xmas fare (4)

34 Found on the present for the dog it’s said (4)