Film child's play that performer demands Flier featuring pop record around northern branches Feline go-getter? French mark Frozen dessert ? fire under (stirred up) "? for Murder" (Hitchcock film) Faint in color Far off, longe Fast heavy electronic dance music Favoured sand club Feline go-getter? (5) Fellow soldier in company forced to accept rule (7) Fern she cultivated to invigorate (7) Finally! (5,4) Fine weapon - Old MacDonald had one (4) Finer types have a passive nature Finish on the bowls green? Fires destroy town square First 'Breaking Bad' airer First sign of tooth decay? Not the first Fish, net and deck (7) Flash, loose foreign police officer Flight attendants getting taxi in Cheshire town reportedly (5,4) Flooded and overrun, eg mens ... flumine litterarum ____, Petr. Sat. 118 Floods ripped through rock formations Flower garden to some extent messed up when pruned Flower seen in odd places in The Fens Flyer that can transform into a daddy longlegs (8) Football's first £1million player For jocular remarks one's devoured by diabolical serpent, alas! (12) Forest where Robin Hood supposedly lived (8) Forever and ever (2 wds) Formal "Me neither" (2 wds) Formal letter sign-off Former capital of South Vietnam Former sultan of Egypt and Syria as a lad inside hiding (7) French cattle breed French mark (7) Frenchman who remains a king of Old Trafford "Full of berries / And of ... stolen cherries" (WB Yeats) Full of rapid action Fairground Attraction song about exploitation (8) Fairytale sister of Snow-White; or, similar to the crimson of Ilex aquifolium berries, pillar boxes, poinsettia bracts, pomegranate "jewels" or robins' breasts, the colour of England's national flower Fellows invested in mostly fancily decorated trinket (8) Fieldwork subsequent to American school subject (9) Finest flower of excellence; a chaffinch; its call; colour of blush or Tavel; or, a scarlet hunting jacket (4) Fit, like footballer Charlton perhaps? (8) Flap one found in picture (5) Flash Gordon used to summon this duo (6,3,5) Florentine painter whose works include Annunciation, Madonna and Child with Two Angels, Mystical Nativity and, with Fra Angelico, a tondo titled The Adoration of the Magi (5) Folk singer born in 1915 who co-founded the Theatre Workshop (4,7) For the head, this is a boring experience (6) Forename of Looby Loo and Teddy's friend in a blue-and-white striped romper suit; or crooner Williams whose 1963 Christmas album includes the classic It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year (4) Former name of Liverpool's Epstein theatre, which closed this year (7) Fortified wine from Harvey's, eg (5,6) Free-to-air channel launched in 1989 (3,4) French river famed for its chateaux (5) Fresh linguine? It'll be impossible to pick up (14) From Greek for "form" or "shape", word for a false god, effigy, carving or image of a deity, revered as an object of worship; a phantom; or, a celebrity, hero, heroine, superstar etc, greatly admired, From Greek for "ten thousand", a countless or immense number of satsumas, shoppers, sledges, snowflakes, snowmen, sprinkles, stars or any other imaginable things (6) From Latin for "eight", a group of eight bells, electrons, elves, instruments, lines of verse, milkmaids, mistletoe berries, musicians, performers or other people/things (5) From Latin for "holy", a hallow, such as the present-giving patron of children, either canonised or of exceptional holiness/goodness; or, by extension, any person of outstanding kindness or virtue (5) From Middle English for "chance, fortune, luck", a word meaning blithe, cheerful, felicitous, glad, joyous, merry or slightly drunk (5) From Old English for "payments for a wife, dowries" or "weddings", a word for presents, such as the offerings of the Magi or those placed in stockings at Christmas (5) From Old French for "beautiful", decorative or curious bijous, charms, jewels, knick-knacks, ornaments, trinkets or examples of the objects described in 36 Across; or, elegantly decorated miniature bo From Old French for "child's toys", "playthings" or "trinkets", jesters' batons in the form of comic or grotesque heads on sticks; shiny ornaments hung on Christmas trees; or, trivial matters/pieces o From "across", "deliver" and "give", word for a custom, such as Christmas cracker-pulling, stir-up Sunday pudding-making, tree-decorating or wassailing, handed-down from one generation to the next (9) From an Old Norse name for a 12-day pagan festival celebrated at the winter solstice, an Old English word for "December, January" and also for "Christmastide" (4) From "bud, jewel", a precious stone, such as the tanzanite or turquoise symbolic of December; a highly-valued person, regarded as treasure; or, one of the miniature reference books by HarperCollins (3 From "storehouse, treasure", a dictionary, encyclopaedia or lexicon; a treasury; or, a book of systematically arranged lists of words and their synonyms/antonyms (9) Frost-tolerant winter vegetables emblematic of the country where Christmas is called "Nadolig" (5) First-rate leader trained dog Following publicity? It's a craze Fleeting trend Flotilla "Fiddlesticks!" Forgo Farm animal Finds a total Female animal Fetching but demanding (7,3) First-hand reporter Flex for tying Five-time Grammy-winning jazz pianist McCoy ___ Fire-engine ___ Family guy Fighting words Fortune hunters Fuel anger between female and group of elders, say (8) Fed. security Free stuff Folk singer Guthrie Famous reason for cancellation of snooker competition? (7) Fifty-one gannets chewing songsters (12) Finished exam about rural life (8) Former Army and Navy department (4) From the region around Florence (6) Fanny pic, perhaps Fantasy conventions, e.g., stereotypically Females (3,4,3) Fencers fine-pointed swords (5) Firms up, as Jell-O Flame-haired actress who has a successful party cake business, Jane _ (5) Flattery for a big star Football manager who married Christine Bleakley in 2015 (5,7) "For each person," to an economist "For the ___ of transparency..." Formally withdraw Former professional footballer, _ Ferdinand (3) Former sports presenter and one-time Countdown host, _ Lynam (3) Freed for a price as kidnap victims Flat-bladed gardening tool Fast First name of Ms Price who won Celebrity Big Brother in 2015 (5) Flowing dress Foodhall (7) Forms a mental picture Fairy story beginning not repeated (4) Finn ... (4) Frenchman in holy vestment (4) Fail to contact French island with weapon (7) ___ 500, famous US motor race (4) First realization Futuristic fellow Faithless fellow Firepit filler From Ghana or Gambia, say, in a postcolonial spelling Fully devote oneself to, as a new hobby Facing university heathens encircling the first tee (2,7) Filled around a furrow that's turned quite wet (9) Flashier, richer cousin of Superman's nemesis? Flipped bowl over crackers (4) French dramatist Antonin Funded couple after somebody goes back carrying diamonds (7) Fuzzy pair in some cars Financial penalty for high-spending sports teams Fish that's grilled in hitsumabushi Ford's famous flop in the '50s Form for some deodorants Fragrant oil made from natural flora Free passes to the next round of a tournament French Polynesian resort destination with a repeating name Falcon trainee First day of the m onth (Roman) First mayor of Toronto Float drinking sound Fountain shop fare French seaside locale 1983 film drama starring Richard Gere and Valerie Kaprisky Family has large oven Foreign order to air question one Finish, or spot favoured one (8) Fabricate facts Fluffy, eggy brunch dish Flat-screen TV option: Abbr. Fragile self-image Food ___ (drowsiness after a meal) French toast ingredient Fruit-drink maker Fermented honey concoction Fourth word in "Jingle Bells" Fixes, as broken 93-Down Formal "you," in Spain Full of sex or profanity, maybe 1040 fig. Fictional band fronted by David St. Hubbins Floral symbols of purity First-class Feature of a maps app First-year university student Feeble 1996 film drama starring Vincent D’Onofrio and Hope Davis Fit for consumption Fats - - -, Blues singer For the stock issue price “Fighting” NCAA team Fashion flair Fed, e.g. — fire under (stirred up) “— for Murder” (Hitchcock film) Forthright Functionary Fast gait Figure of speech in which a part represents the whole, or vice versa French epic poem, usually about knightly exploits French translator Antoine Gallard added Ali Baba and Aladdin to this story collection '- from the realms of glory', carol (6) Fairytale Of ____, 1987 song by The Pogues with Kirsty MacColl on vocals (3,4) Fancy arts fair attended by a religious type Filled with bewilderment in the main Fine type who enters John Lewis? Fit of pique; ports (anag.) Fit to go up? (9) Five noodling about with Last Christmas? For a change, rather eat pulse For example, wife wearing king’s stockings? Four of these possessed by The Sussexes? (5) Free part of ground, ordinarily (4) Free time in the French island certainly (7) Fruit used in tapenade (5) Funny kind of bread could end at the beginning (5) ... from the breeder ... from the ghostwriter's agent ... from the plumber ...from the dentist Fashioned exterior of waistcoat, crude on the inside (7) Fellow offering information: article about return of thaw Fights mythological Greek giant filled with energy (6) Figurine in op art, surprisingly a high price (3,6) First of challenges that hurt King Edward, say - lazybones! (5,6) Flipping grand Irish party including loud noise and sweet food (7) Flipping inane, dull advertiser screens advert (6) For days __ (continually) For example, I have bought gift - ideal! (7,7) Force crowd to suppress awful din in seasonal service (8,4) Formal woman's wear Free bread rolls, but not British food (7) ____ Funicula, Neapolitan song performed by artists such as Mario Lanza (8) ____ filler, a small and usually inexpensive Christmas present (8) Fat lip yours truly had Frail or feeble Free from danger Fatty compound Food that looks like lots of worms __ for tat First ''Breaking Bad'' airer Former ''Tonight Show'' host Food additive letters Facilitates Fill in __ blank French cop Firecracker cord Flowering Fried cornbread Flood defense Fashion house whose logo is two interlocking C's Full-length, as a film _ firma, solid ground (5) Festive firework for the crossword solver (7) Festive song by the band Wizzard, released in 1973 (1,4,2,5,2,9,8) Following a trend, will this Eurosceptic join Tories? (6) From Oklahoma, Larry is over to see a 1836 battle site (5) Fairytale Of New _, 1987 festive single by The Pogues featuring Kirsty MacColl (4) Family famous for its "controlled demolitions" Fault and default Fisher of "The Summer I Turned Pretty" Fishy animation from 2002, Finding _ (4) Flaky November precipitation, perhaps Flat case (9)