| “And ____ love, the way that you do” (I’m Gonna Sit Right Down and Write Myself a Letter) |
close with |
| “Edward, I thought I said no more ____” (Twelve Days of Christmas [Correspondence], John Julius Norwich (seventh day)) |
BIRDS |
| “The dusky night rides down the sky, / And ____ in the morn” (Henry Fielding) |
USHERS |
| “The joys and sorrows sailors find, Coop’d in their winged ____ citadel” (Byron) |
sea-girt |
| “They are useless. They can only give you ____” (Pablo Picasso, on computers) |
ANSWERS |
| “____ homo factus est / Natura mirante” (Gaudete) |
DEUS |
| “____ roasting on an open fire” (The Christmas Song) |
CHESTNUTS |
| 1847 Christmas song by Adolphe Adam |
O Holy Night |
| A ____ camera may show you more about the bird life in your garden |
nest box |
| About 300,000 ____ are offered on the Exchange and Mart website |
used cars |
| Actor who starred in 2D |
Jimmy Stewart |
| Although not mentioned in the laws of either code, ____ is seen as one of rugby’s most heinous acts |
GOUGING |
| An elf, in a seasonal or showbiz context |
ASSISTANT |
| An organic compound with the group -O- in its molecules |
ETHER |
| Archipelago which became Scotland’s first Unesco world heritage site in 1986 |
St Kilda |
| Carol with a melody originally used for Nos Galan, a Welsh carol |
Deck the Halls |
| Comedian Max Miller was the “Cheeky ____” |
CHAPPIE |
| Common component of a traditional British Christmas dinner |
bread sauce |
| Culicoides impunctatus is the highland ____ |
MIDGE |
| Description of a musical instrument mentioned in Psalms 33, 92 and 144 |
ten-stringed |
| Dome-shaped home of beavers |
LODGE |
| Film based on a 1943 short story called The Greatest Gift |
It's a Wonderful Life |
| Foodstuff rated on the Scoville scale |
CHILLI |
| Fraction sometimes indicated by the Greek letter mu |
MILLIONTH |
| German bread traditionally eaten at Christmas |
STOLLEN |
| Hamlet character in a painting by John Everett Millais |
OPHELIA |
| Idealistic |
UTOPIAN |
| If you do this puzzle promptly, it will be over soon |
old year |
| Important component of an Enigma machine |
ROTOR |
| In backgammon, a single checker on a point |
BLOT |
