The Guardian - Crossword Answers | 2022 12 24

crossword answers
Clue Answer
CHRISTMAS CAROL DECKTHEHALLS
STINGING INSECT HORNET
Dancer, say REINDEER
Coward — time for festivities NOEL
CAVEATS RESERVATIONS
Alternative to meat TOFU
Entertaining 2 female companion GEISHA
In a slanderous manner SCURRILOUSLY
Opened eg champagne UNCORKED
Piece of torn skin HANGNAIL
Seasonal sweet food BRANDYBUTTER
Seasonal visitors MAGI
They present seasonal greetings CARDS
Treetop adornment ANGEL
Y, say YANKEE
Where Parisian intellectuals hang out? LEFTBANK
Time for 2 in Portugal? NATAL
Time for 2 in France? NOEL
The __, 1976 horror movie starring Lee Remick and Gregory Peck OMEN
SEE 3 TURKEYS
Proof-reader's instruction to leave a text as it is STET
Larkin poem which begins, 'I work all day, and get half-drunk at night.' AUBADE
England wicketkeeper AMYJONES
Country bordered by Nigeria and Togo BENIN
Aromatic shrub sometimes used to signify remembrance ROSEMARY
Antediluvian patriarch who lived to be nearly 1000? NOAH
A series of petitions during a church service LITANY
SEASONAL DECORATION TINSEL
LORD LIEGE
PIECE OF MUSIC RONDEAU
PARTY LEADER RISHI
I AGREE! HEARHEAR
eg Chinese EASTERN
Shaquille __, basketball star ONEAL