The Telegraph - GK CROSSWORD NO: 996 - Dec 18 2011

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Clues Answers
'-- -- merrily on high' (carol) DINGDONG
'-- then with fear was filled' (carol) HEROD
'-- to the new-born King' (carol) GLORY
'And -- and nature sing' (carol) HEAVEN
'And he shareth in our --' (carol) GLADNESS
'And stay by my side until morning -- --' (carol) ISNIGH
'Come swiftly -- -- --' (carol) ONTHEWING
'Following -- star' (carol) YONDER
'If I were a --' (carol) SHEPHERD
'Sire, the night is -- now' (carol) DARKER
'Star of silver sweep across -- --' (carol) THESKIES
'This star drew nigh to the -- - --' (carol) NORTHWEST
'When from our sin He set -- --' (carol) USFREE
Abide in or remain in INDWELL
Caribou used by Santa Claus REINDEER
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Christianised Moor after fall of Granada in 1492 MORISCO
Declined sharply and plunged headlong NOSEDIVED
Drug producing numbness and torpor NARCOTIC
Evening of entertainments following winter sport APRESSKI
External territory of Australia in the Indian Ocean CHRISTMASISLAND
Grant immunity from liability EXEMPT
In -- --, in possession of private information THEKNOW
Mistakenly or wrongly INERROR
Musical based on a Dickens novel OLIVER
Santa Claus's home? NORTHPOLE
Small Australian bird with tail feathers structurally similar to those of a larger Australian bird EMUWREN
Steward of Olivia's household in 'Twelfth Night' MALVOLIO
Surrey town at foot of North Downs REIGATE
Usually literary word meaning before this time ERENOW