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round edible nuts (9)
35 (GKN) US city in which the record label Motown was founded in 1959 (7)
37 (ANA)
American cutting some cooked dessert (6)
39 (GKN) Alternative name for the blackthorn or its sour blue-black fruit (4)
40 (OBC) “Thy - troop of citizens/And mighty King beside” (5)
42 (OBC) “Sea and forest, frost and zephyr,/-” (5,3,3,5,4,5)
44 (HID) ‘Material Girl’ is Lesley’s selection (5)
45 (GKN) In astrology, the initial point of a zodiacal sign or house (4)
46 (OBC) “Out of the crystal skies/A blazing star did shine” (6)
47 (ANA) Lever altered in an unusual way (7)
49 (GKN) Small green-skinned fruit of the gourd family named after the Israeli kibbutz where it was first developed (4,5)
51 (GKN) Herbaceous plant genus whose members include St John’s wort and rose of Sharon (9)
55 (HID) Foreign house in demand – a chalet? (5)
57 (GKN) Concise and instructive saying or maxim; from Greek, ‘speak out’ (10)
60 (OBC) “The - Sun, whom no cloud devours” (5)
61 (GKN) Red-headed daughter of Fred and Wilma Flintstone, voiced in the original 1960s cartoon by Jean Vander Pyl (7)
65 (HID) Bird seen around in winter, generally (5)
66 (GKN) Bulk feed for cattle and other livestock , especially dried hay or straw
(6)
2 57 DOWN: ACROSS: Step into Christmas Can you name singer? 67 (GKN) Hebrew prophet of the 9th century BC: disciple and successor of Elijah (II Kings 3–9) (6)
69 (GKN) Small Old World songbird of the chat family (Muscicapidae); Erithacus rubecula (5)
71 (ANA) Defacement of a vehicle ma slid around (9)
72 (OBC) “From distant Saba came three Kings,/ Gold, -, myrrh their offerings” (7)
73 (GKN) Of plant leaves, having a notched or scalloped outer edge (7)
74 (GKN)
Actress who played Lyla in the 2018 comedy film Surviving Christmas with the Relatives (5,10)
75 (GKN)
European city that lends its name to the sprouting heads of Brassica oleracea gemmifera (8) 1 (GKN) Central components of Christingles, pressed into decorated oranges (7)
2 (GKN) Singer of the 1973 hit ‘Step into Christmas’ (5,4)
3 (GKN) Any thickfurred American marsupial of the family Didelphidae, having a long snout and hairless prehensile tail (7)
4 (OBC) “From the remotest parts three learned - kings” (7)
6 (OBC)“And Mary bore - Jesus Christ/For to redeem us all” (5)
7 (GKN) Small island of the Inner Hebrides formerly known as Icolmkill (4)
8 (GKN) German statesman; Chancellor of West Germany from 1982-90 and of Germany from 1990-98 (6,4)
9 (GKN) Membranous sac in the body to which the adjective vesical relates (7)
10 (OBC) “The holly bears a prickle as sharp as any -” (5)
11 (GKN) Threadlike modified leaf or stem by which a climbing plant attaches itself to an object for support (7)
However randomly presented, large numbers devastate (9)
13 (GKN) Numerous marine gastropod molluscs having a spirally coiled shell, e.g. a whelk or periwinkle (3,5)
14 (OBC) “Nor in the place of paradise,/ But in an ox’s -” (5)
22 (HID) Bone distrustful naturalist conceals (4)
25 (GKN) Light uncovered two-wheeled carriage drawn by one horse (3)
27 (ANA) ‘Atomic energy’ added to URL can trouble (7)
28 (GKN) Body of freshwater in Europe, known as Genfersee in German (4,6)
29 (GKN) Actor who played Santa Claus in the 2010 film Cancel Christmas (4,6)
30 (ANA) Fixed thermistor one dropped not lasting long (5-4)
31 (HID) Child actor’s part alongside troubled lead (3)
32 (GKN) Italian dish of rice cooked in stock with meat, fish or vegetables (7)
33 (GKN) Leguminous
Old World plant of the pea family also known as sweet clover (7)
34 (GKN)
Actress who played Mary Hatch in the 1946 film It’s a Wonderful Life (5,4)
36 (GKN)
Longest river of the Iberian Peninsula, forming part of the border between Spain and Portugal (5)
37 (GKN) State capital of Wisconsin, named after the fourth president of the United States (7)
38 (HID) Recluse coming back in due time, reportedly (7)
41 (OBC) “Thou shalt find the winter’s rage/ Freeze thy - less coldly” (5)
43 (ANA) Worn ornament Celt produced with Ken? (7)
47 (OBC) “Come, lads and lasses, every one, / Jack, -, Dick, Bess, Mary and Jone” (3)
48 (GKN) Hans Christian Andersen fairytale character who was renamed Maia (10)
50 (GKN) International language invented by Polish physician Ludwik Lejzer Zamenhof in 1887 (9)
52 (GKN) Imperial unit of dry measure equal to eight quarts or one quarter of a bushel (4)
53 (GKN) Mass of mature fish eggs, especially when still inside the ovarian sac (3)
54 (GKN) Singer of the 1986 song ‘Driving Home for Christmas’ (5,3)
56 (OBC) “Rejoice, ye tenants of the earth,/ And - your Saviour’s birth” (9)
58 (ANA) Danger of another fat lip, lamping mouth (7)
59 (ANA) Dice men rolled not found
74 ACROSS: Actress who was Lyla in Surviving Christmas? elsewhere (7)
61 (GKN) Third reindeer named in the Clement C. Moore poem ‘A Visit from St Nicholas’ (1823) (7)
62 (GKN) Anthony ___, English author of novels including A Clockwork Orange (1962) and Earthly Powers (1980) (7)
63 (OBC) “And how he shed his precious blood,/ Only to do us – good” (7)
64 (OBC) “And she did travel onward/all with her - load” (5)
66 (GKN) Male member of a Roman Catholic religious order, especially one of the four mendicant ones (Augustinians, Carmelites, Dominicans, and Franciscans) (5)
68 (HID) Language spoiling Odyssey extract (5)
70 (GKN) Corrosive substance that releases hydrogen ions when it dissociates in water (4)