| A diamond, perhaps, one may get at Christmas |
CARD |
| Administer punishment, with roles reversed |
STRAP |
| Behold river up North in preliminary survey |
RECCE |
| Christmas coming up, put notes in as composer of 'Happy Xmas' |
LENNON |
| English kind of beer taken up to feast |
REGALE |
| Equal, like the numbers on two sides here |
EVEN |
| Flier commonly seen in Christmas mail |
ROBIN |
| Fuss over rising crime and striking youth |
ADONIS |
| Geezer, once sober, transformed |
EBENEZERSCROOGE |
| Having abused link with press, distributes as result of leak? |
SPRINKLES |
| I'd moved away from mishaps, possibly grave and acute |
ACCENTS |
| Inspirational book � frantically cram with it as scholar |
ACHRISTMASCAROL |
| Invalidates covering article in Christmas publications |
ANNUALS |
| Listened to 7 and progressed rapidly, absorbing knowledge |
HARKENED |
| Make judgment about cold � and be right at this time of year |
DECEMBER |
