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Laterally SpeakingHumph’s Holiday Crossword

Humph’s Holiday Crossword

Across

1 Seafood cafe buzzing on Dorset beach (4)
6 Wide Royal castle west of Beaminster (12)
12 Held in the UK in 2012 (8)
15 Stubborn offspring of a donkey and a horse (4)
16 Open this to run up a bill behind the bar (3)
17 Heaviest metal with atomic number of 76 (6)
18 Definitely not me (3)
19 Father Christmas’s home base (5,4)
22 London Transport (2)
23 A happy kind of club where everyone sings together (4)
24 Home to Frontierland, Tomorrowland and Main Street, USA (10)
26 Are we there —? (3)
27 Code for card can be stuck in your hat (3)
28 Christmas vegetable from the Belgian capital (7)
31 When sorted, I enter whole and complete (6)
32 King Arthur had a lot to do with this UK fantasy TV series (6)
34 I hum worn chaotic crunch is reset to a village in the Marshwood Vale (10,11)
37 Repeat performance (4)
38 Christmas carol brings comfort and joy. (3,4,2,5,9)
41 Americans tie a yellow one when someone is away from home (6)
43 There were seven brides for seven of these (8)
46 Personal problem (2)
47 … and flow (3)
48 Lots of these ate oysters with a carpenter (8)
51 If it’s written in them, it must be true (5)
52 Mother of Jesus (4)
53 Village in Somerset’s Blackdown Hills (8)
54 Where was the manger? (4)

 

Down

1  Noah’s edible son goes well with cheese (3)
2  Rivers often run through these depressions (7)
3  Arab ruler (4)
4  Plus (4)
5  An order for better social behaviour (4)
6  Soft cow’s milk cheese from the French department of Seine-et-Marne (4)
7  First name of comic James Bond also had wheels (6)
8  Horse talk (6)
9  Not anywhere near me (5)
10  Saucy bottle (3)
11  East Devon village off the A3052 (7)
13  Fishy sounding village behind Chesil beach (7,7)
14  Oscar nominated movie from 2005 with Philip Seymour Hoffman (6)
17  Blast from the past (5)
20  Santa’s sackful (4)
21  Tenth icy Noel is scrambled in west Dorset’s Bride valley (6,6)
23  At Christmas this comes to all men along with Peace on Earth (8)
25  If you added soil to webcam you’d get a village very near Honiton (10)
27  One of Santa’s reindeer (7)
29  This vegetable must be cold because it has a jacket (6)
30  Also known as a Hammam, it’s hot and steamy (7,4)
32  Indian Ocean holiday island (9)
33  Absolutely fabulous and starring Nicole Kidman (2,3,3)
35  Sacred and nearly with ivy (4)
36  Prince of Wales’ new town (9)
39  Major activity at Christmas (3)
40  Spanish red wine (5)
42  Contents of manger (4)
44  Boat propellers (4)
45  You can go for one if you’re hot (4)
46  Britpop band lacks focus (4)
49  Sky saucer (3)
50  Wet border to Devon and Dorset (3)

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