The Telegraph - TOUGHIE CROSSWORD NO: 1,315 - Dec 24 2014

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Clues Answers
A bit of myrrh and incense MANGER
Ancient university's scrubbed over to welcome English OXEN
Annoyed expression when upset STAR
Celebrate master US senator going round Middle East MAKEMERRY
Cowboy fled before more than half of Indians (CROSSWORD PREAMBLE: 14 thematic answers are clued by wordplay only; of these, one answer contains all the others and one group is included both individually and collectively) RANCHERO
Enjoying jazz, enthralled by piece from 'Little Brown Jug' perhaps SHEPHERD
European disease orally transmitted in certain times EPOCHS
Falconer's equipment includes such as used by the gentry JESUS
Feature of Michelangelo ANGEL
Four characters from Dickens's town catching a fish ROACH
Gong brings duke into dinner perhaps MEDAL
Halt exchanges in Oriental market (See Crossword Preamble at the end of the first Across clue) BALTHAZAR
Learned men around crib DONKEYS
Made hard work of a deck CAKED
Clues Answers
Make jokes about vinyl record JOSEPH
Miners' mates save my ten in explosion BUTTYMEN
More ghastly girls in trouble -- that's right GRISLIER
Old king of France holding court imposed tax on goods OCTROI
One of the Spice Girls greeting men MELCHIOR
One right to go off match MARY
Piece beginning Owl's address to his love OPUS
Something very exciting's normal GASPAR
Son endlessly stirring pity with song NATIVITYPLAY
Song gets Monte's partner shuffling feet CAROL
Talk incessantly as one that's given punch JABBER
They are opposed in Shakespearean writing ANTONYMS
We meet shrine excitedly THREEWISEMEN
Who invaded English in history HENGIST