The Telegraph Toughie - Crossword Answers | 2019 12 25

crossword answers
Clue Answer
Leaving London area, somewhere to spend the holidays in private ASIDE
Charge for youth mostly receiving gifts up front PROTEGE
Like one's hair, having worked out on sleigh? TOUSLED
Poem about eating last of Yule log? The opposite -- flipping Brussels! ECLOGUE
Regularly dally in country, where Christmas starts earlier than most AUSTRALIA
Rise above wild canters with reindeer, essentially TRANSCEND
Release a Christmas novel, losing millions CATHARSIS
Means to track sleigh's progress going up and down? RADAR
Person scrounging from caroller, not one going round grotto SCAVENGER
Museum to screen the Queen, and gallery VERANDA
European translated Xmas papers EXAMS
Books off time before Christmas, having rushed occasionally? That's bad ADVERSE
Foolish, like current number of ladies dancing ASININE
Fancy half of chimneys are to rear CHIMERA
Get used to cool prime pieces of turkey INURE
Harsh wind facing leader of elves AUSTERE
Fairy ultimately positioned over top of tree? It's a gem! PERIDOT
Support touring pole on vacation to find accommodation TEPEE
Tell to get up to welcome opening of presents twice APPRISE
Tense husband finally wrote thank-you letter THETA
Wise man, for example, lays on good loaf EGGHEAD
Traces of gin cooked in hollowed-out sprouts SIGNS
Flog antique: first-footer might come across it THRESHOLD
Territory in Lapland -- or Ramsgate? ANDORRA
Reckons base on shaky seats will bear Cratchit's son ESTIMATES
Student terribly eager to wrap wife's stockings? LEGWEAR
On retiring before remarkable night, naughty children can expect to receive this? NOTHING
Pulp are big Boxing Day band BRIGADE
Additional gift good for Parisian and American BONUS
Amusing criminal carrying gold? Not one of the magi! IGNORAMUS
Almost tiring with Santa nearly out and on the way INTRANSIT
Recommend one's red crackers ENDORSE