The Times - Cryptic - December 25, 2016 Crossword Puzzle Answer

The Times - Cryptic - Sunday Times Cryptic 4726 by David McLean - December 25, 2016 Crossword Puzzle Answer

Clues	Answers
... unhappy about this woman who's pulled Santa?	DASHER
A large old queen drinking with a great man	ALEXANDER
Arch-moralists high on cold December air?	CHRISTMASCAROL
Area under no good biblical ruler where 6A lived	JUDEA
Celebrity welcoming Liberal sweetheart	FLAME
Colossal jerk seizing sunbed from Apple?	TITANIC
Concluded mob put too many pieces in a trunk?	OVERPACK
Conservative in charge? Total shambles!	FARCE
Crazy types full of bad jokes at Yuletide?	CRACKERS
Daughter with garden tool? Duck!	DRAKE
Decline when they tell us when to work	ROTAS
Deer roam freely over old landing zone	AERODROME
Enduring donkey dons get on ... nearly	CLASSIC
Energy shown by a ginger with two listeners	EARED
Ghost ship finally getting a month at sea	PHANTOM

 

Clues	Answers
Gloomy match-goer with sore throat apt do this?	CHEERLESS
Here's something not seen under a tree every day	PRESENT
Hoses down pants ready for a Lapland tramp?	SNOWSHOED
Illicit trade that's seen by the roadside?	TRAFFIC
Kids giving up time for posh birthday boy?	JESUS
Mess vandal created around new countdown monitor?	ADVENTCALENDAR
Newspaper features linked with furrowed brows?	HEADLINES
One tweets "ruddy brute" about Republican leader	REDBREAST
Some upstart is teasing a public performer ...	ARTISTE
Someone we've all sent a card to this Christmas?	ADDRESSEE
Sort of cheeps that Phil's bird delivers today?	SPEECH
Those ringing in the New Year with a Scotch?	BELLS
Trim small trees sold recently?	SPRUCES
Tumbler a Slav filled with drop of brandy	ACROBAT
Work to cross very strong river outside uni	OFFCAMPUS