Christmas Crossword

CHRISTMAS CROSSWORD (ans p55)

Across

1 Ship of the desert (5) 4 Smith’s metalworking block (5) 7 Thick black sticky oil (3) 9 Maker of millionaires for good causes (8, 7) 10 Means of moving; carry away (9) 11 Scandinavian ogre (5) 12 Please; delight (7) 14 Moderately slow (in music) (7) 16 Graze; score; remove from competition (7) 18 Run away (7) 19 Not here… (5) 20 Salvaged; rescued (9) 22 The cause of global warming (10, 5) 24 Add up (3) 25 Connected for electricity (5) 26 Lewis Hamilton, for instance (5)

Down

1 Trick; scam (3) 2 Consensus (6, 9) 3 Large African cats (5) 4 Structure of the human body (7) 5 Maltese capital (7) 6 Degrees north or south of the equator (9) 7 Film based on the von Trapp family (3, 5, 2, 5) 8 Regal; majestic (5) 10 What Roman men wore in the forum (5) 13 Aware of a secret (2. 3. 4) 15 Finished (5) 17 Haven; dock (7) 18 Alleged; person on trial (7) 19 Cramped; miserly; drunk (5) 21 Ire (5) 23 School master (3)