The Guardian - Cryptic crossword No 28,325 - Dec 24 2020

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Clues Answers
Christmas favourite, almighty drunken fight? (4,4,7,2,4) DINGDONG
Country bumpkin TURKEY
Crime award inspiring small informal gathering SING
Crime, through having bagged Yuletide threesome up BIGAMY
Drink after drink — one attempting to lift another? SUPPORTER
Drink in plaudits, audience standing ASTI
Drug, one fuelling a short run ASPIRIN
Father Christmas, I remembered stocking? SIRE
Floosie put paper up to decorate spruce MANEATER
Heading off rats, bull HOOEY
In this, essentially head's torment NUTSHELL
Kick-start BOOT
Love collecting first of caterpillars in spring after climbing tree SYCAMORE
Maverick adoring Zeus or Freyr? RAINGOD
Newton, for one, claims the ground ALCHEMIST
Clues Answers
Only part of 6 SOLE
Romantic joiner confined to cell, panicking over sex CANDLELIT
Runner in early event not starting back MILER
Scrawny neck, but no stuffing, put in place LANKY
Scrooge's Boxing Day uplifting? That's not the right word MISNOMER
See 12 down MISS
See 2 MERRILY
See 2 ONHIGH
See 9 SONG
Stay flexible also in motion PROPOSAL
Sticky and coarse TACKY
Teller of jokes — one of which in here? CRACKER
Ultimately ungulates best, Santa employing reindeer, say? STAG
Unpredictable choice between 24 and 20 down? HITOR
Upper limit raised in money for holy office PAPACY