A British Winter Tuesday, October 6, 2026 · By the Crossword Study Team
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across 1 Young woman, in an old tale 7 * Cratchit’s first name in A Christmas Carol 10 Somewhat yielding to pressure 17 * Frozen pendant hanging from a wintry eave 18 * Ice ___, a winter mountaineering tool 19 Orange-flavoured liqueur with a familiar blue variety 20 * Winter head covering that can leave only the eyes exposed 23 Spanish for “of the” 24 People making amends 25 Now I understand 26 * Animal reportedly led across the frozen Thames in 1814 28 Takes a chance 29 * Bethlehem guide represented in Christmas decorations 30 Votes in favour 31 Village fundraiser with stalls, perhaps 32 Brighton's partner in a coastal city name 33 * Long-eared animal traditionally shown in a Nativity scene 35 Cloths used for wiping up 39 Metal-bearing rocks 40 Loves, in Latin 43 * Foothold used when delivering a curling stone 47 * Seed selecting a queen in some Twelfth Night cakes 48 * Needled evergreen sometimes decorated for Christmas 49 * Gift-bearing visitors in a Nativity tableau 50 * Deposit from supercooled fog droplets freezing onto a surface 51 * Wintry nip in the air 53 Backtalk 54 Moses' brother 55 Actor McGregor 56 * Christmas dinner centrepiece cooked in the oven 57 Nick who was Britain's deputy prime minister 58 * Traditional winter custom of singing to orchard trees 60 * Centre point of a curling target 62 Honest ___ 63 * Conifers sold as Christmas trees 68 * Handheld burning light in an Up Helly Aa procession 72 * Howard behind The Snowman's score 75 * Winter ___, whose females are wingless 76 Spanish farewell 77 * Hope expressed while stirring a traditional Christmas pudding 81 Put up, as a hand 82 Prefix meaning beside 83 Singer Turner 84 * Palindromic storm name in Britain’s February 2023 headlines 85 * Scoring division of a curling game 86 * Slow-simmered winter warmer, perhaps with beef and root vegetables 87 * Small duck joined by eastern European winter visitors in Britain 88 Wander without a fixed route 89 Very long periods 91 Hawaiian garland 93 Japanese city famed for its beef 94 * Milder spell that melts settled winter ice 98 One session with a tutor 103 * Player directing a curling team's shots 104 Old-fashioned railway guard's van in North America 107 Is behind schedule 109 Stitch's Hawaiian friend 110 Singer of Sad Girlz Luv Money 111 Thus, in Spanish 112 Having no connection 114 Edmond who wrote Cyrano de Bergerac 115 * Lodging with “no room” in the traditional Nativity story 116 Cut that out! 117 Put on a costume to portray 118 * North Atlantic Oscillation, in UK winter forecast shorthand 119 Annoying inconvenience down 1 Marks showing that adjacent vowels form separate syllables 2 Atlantic Coast Conference, briefly 3 Singer Cyrus 4 Device used to weigh luggage 5 * North Pole toy-making helpers 6 Jumps over obstacles 7 Fearlessly tough type, in slang 8 * Bovines traditionally depicted beside the manger in Nativity scenes 9 Waist-cinching accessory 10 * Neckwear wound on for a winter walk 11 Protruding belly button 12 * White deposit on grass after a clear freezing night 13 Ship carrying oil in bulk 14 * Freezes over, as a pond in a cold spell 15 Draped garment traditionally worn in India 16 One welcoming dinner guests 20 Chess pieces confined to squares of one colour 21 Queens neighbourhood named for a fur magnate 22 Makes dough lighter 27 * What radiators provide on a winter evening 34 * Common ___, small mammal whose skull shrinks in winter 36 Capital of Samoa 37 Sets, as a jelly 38 * Road treatment that lowers water's freezing point 40 Human-rights lawyer Clooney 41 * Female horse in the English rendering of Mari Lwyd 42 Wide-eyed with excitement 44 Japanese audio brand 45 Country music honours, informally 46 Understands, in Scots 51 * Nativity display also named for the infant's bed 52 Gap in a sock 54 * Genus of the coral-bark maple, grown for winter colour 59 Sounds of relaxation 60 Sounds of disapproval 61 Fencing weapon with a three-sided blade 64 Officials calling balls and strikes, briefly 65 * Outer layer buttoned against December’s cold 66 To be, in French 67 * Shoulder wrap for a cold winter evening 68 * Potatoes served at a Burns supper 69 Garfield’s canine companion 70 Singer Sawayama 71 * Traditional black first-footing gift 72 La ___ Tar Pits 73 * Auld ___ Syne, sung at Hogmanay 74 Staff assistant 77 Stays on the job after usual hours 78 Admission after someone asks who grabbed the last biscuit 79 Stationary sculpture, as opposed to a mobile 80 Apple smart speaker 90 * Mustelids whose northern populations may turn white in winter 92 * Pacific warm phase considered in UK winter forecasts 95 Hours, in Spanish 96 Yoga posture 97 Unwanted garden plants 99 * Partly melted snowy mess underfoot 100 * Red-suited visitor expected on Christmas Eve 101 Others, in Spanish 102 * Mashed roots traditionally served at a Burns supper 104 * Christmas greeting sent in an envelope 105 Love, in Spanish 106 * Thermal ___ layer, worn next to the skin on a winter walk 107 * Winter precipitation often brought by mild Atlantic air 108 Annapolis service academy: Abbr. 113 Small, in a rapper's name 1 across, Young woman, in an old tale, 6 letters.
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