The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Monday, 18th December 2006

There are 13 across clues and 16 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Monday, 18th December 2006. View the answers below..

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Number#	Clue	Answer
AAcross 9:	Appetisers provided in various parties
AAcross 10:	Not inclined to put up, say, the tree
AAcross 11:	Friar has Christmas tip for food container
AAcross 12:	Row after a youngster appears in panto
AAcross 13:	Singers in church, knocking back port
AAcross 14:	Mince pie men?
AAcross 16:	Seasonal song featuring Ebenezer Scrooge	ACHRISTMASCAROL
AAcross 19:	The present holders
AAcross 21:	A girl's party quip?
AAcross 22:	We yearn for change in 2007
AAcross 23:	Rent-a-party? It's a wind-up
AAcross 24:	Girl waits for its performance
AAcross 25:	A Christmas tree, for example, is always popular
DDown 1:	Stocking filler
DDown 2:	Employed to dry up after drink with the clergy
DDown 3:	Warning the tree is about to be taken down
DDown 4:	Suitable presents, say, for a flirtatious female
DDown 5:	Property conveyancers?	ESTATECARS
DDown 6:	Angelic turn of phrase initially introducing Christmas
DDown 7:	Fragile present
DDown 8:	Make a hit unexpectedly by sending up crackers
DDown 14:	Monks' party? Correct	SETINORDER
DDown 15:	Foolish direction for a fieldsman	SILLYPOINT
DDown 17:	Old scholars dipped into them
DDown 18:	Put in charge again
DDown 20:	Going to the front, place of duty for nurse
DDown 21:	Secures pieces of mistletoe
DDown 22:	It's cold at the Pole, but not unpleasant
DDown 23:	Form of decoration that has grown over the years