Across	Down
A1 Scrooge's visitors	A1 Pet name for the big guy
A9 Tree decoration	A2 It may be HSC0224PP for a screw, for example (abbv)
A15 Birthday boy	A3 Launching stage (abbv)
A21 Scrooge's creator	A4 It may be someone's pet
B1 Heavenly host-like	A5 Org. that got the Nobel Peace Prize in 1969
B9 Hotel in Budapest near Erszebet Boulevard	A6 What some soldiers are made of
B16 Where Toledo is	A7 Below NC
B21 Fabled castle of song and story	A9 Its members are often portrayed as bland Midwestern types
C3 Sign type	A10 Dennis or Bart, for instance
C8 How happy Alpine nuns are sometimes portrayed	A11 Painted Lisa and Ponchielli opera
C15 One way to get a sweater?	A12 Recommended best policy
C22 BLT topping	A16 For astronomers, a billion years
D1 Babyish bye	A17 What a mailing label for a Little Red Book might say
D7 Someone who arranges on the fly?	A18 Might end jumps or counters
D19 How many ode titles begin	A19 "_____ to pass..."
D26 A26 down, reversed	A21 Capital code
E1 Seasonal synonym	A22 "_____ the eggman..."
E5 Possible sign on abandoned adit: "Ye _____ Mine"	A23 Group with awards for those with a twang (abbv)
E15 Short name for products with popular fruit juice	A24 Wrecked a car finish
E19 A type of juice	A25 Rock band initials
E24 It may be hunky	A26 Zero, to Boole
F5 Example of opposites for an English class, perhaps	A27 With lotsa cobbles
F16 What a priest may do	C8 How one goes from barber to Barbera
G1 Golden Age TV series: _____ Show	C13 Measure of a ship's size (abbv)
G16 May spoil a broth	C15 One of the Keystones
H1 Polar resident	C20 Every last one
H7 See H1 across	D2 Mean earth-sun distance (abbv)
H13 They may send you a truck	D7 "Let this be _____"
H19 Where QEII reigns	D21 Event in every Christmas pageant
H23 _____ mortis	D26 Either companion
I4 Metal symbol	E6 Mexican gold
I9 Certain gridironers (abbv)	E16 Dept. of Interior Indian trustee entity (abbv)
I14 He may take care of you (abbv)	E22 May be tacked onto cut or her
I17 Ten in hex	F5 Answer to Santa while on his lap? "I _____"
I23 Not a St. or Ave.	F14 Quality of cloudless nights
J3 "If Magic could to do it, _____"	F18 May come before "ho-ho"
J2 They're exchanged at Christmas	F23 Composers Alessandro plus Giuseppe
J18 Foundation for Jewish campus life	G1 _____ Williams High School
K1 Davy had one	G2 Subsidized housing in France (abbv)
K9 Common Russian adjective ending	G3 Per (abbv)
K12 Chasm	G4 "I beg to differ, lady!" (in Paris)
K18 _____ the World Turns	G24 "Out with the _____..."
K21 Parker or Byrd	G25 "Oh, gee!"
L1 Addition to a letter (abbv)	G26 Severe slugs (abbv)
L4 Starch source	G27 Junior's elder (abbv)
L11 "The end of an _____"	H15 Advice from lighthouse keeper's wife: "Don't forget your boots _____!"
L21 "I'm _____ you!"	I18 Eureka statement
L26 One of the Kettles	J1 Popular sex drug
M2 German-American puppeteer and illustrator	J3 "I am _____ over her!"
M7 Slangy assent	J6 Rhine tributary
M11 Man with salty wife	J12 Holiday-appropriate tune
M15 Punchcard corp.	J13 Obstacle in the field
M19 Bewhiskered uncle	J16 Steamer initials
M23 _____ and turn	J19 Egyptian divinity
N1 Former dependency attached to China	J22 California motel owner and sculptor
N7 Jewish exclamation	J25 Hirt or Gore
N10 Follows "holy night"	J27 Bering or Caspian
N20 Quadrant letters	K2 Bones
N23 Local usage	K24 Crucifix
O3 The Dois Irmaos stand above it	K26 _____ facto
O7 Letters attached to some cords	L11 Frozen stuff on the tracks?
O10 The Knights Who Say _____	L17 "_____ four-leaf clover..."
O13 Hip slang for "twisted"	M3 Done in mid-air
O17 Ghostly sound	M8 Malfunction
O20 _____ Eliot	M16 Element 56 symbol
P1 They may be crossed	M20 Little worker
P9 Donald, to Dewey	M25 Lefthanded
P14 "How over that same door was likewise writ, _____..." (Spenser)	N1 Two characters from famous Bulgakov novel
P22 Loose	N10 Familiar form of Poe poem subject
Q1 "Now vee may perhaps _____ Yes?" (Roth)	N14 Notoriously cold place
Q9 Famous New York street	N18 Undercover types
Q17 Mauna _____	N27 Neither coast
Q21 "We have cars! New _____..."	P2 German edition of popular kids' book: _____ Die Wilden Kerle Wohnen
R3 Idi the tyrant	P6 Part of Pakistan
R9 That is, for short	P9 Condition of being located in a particular place
R13 Way opposite UV	P12 Ligatured letter
R16 Popular game with never-end option	P19 London clothier
R22 Skeptic's question	P22 Etats-_____
S1 Slow down	P24 Payments
S8 Get-together of sorts	P26 Circuits expert (abbv)
S12 Soft cheese	Q13 Wine cocktail
S19 Yes in Seville	S8 On the Waterfront actor
S22 "I agree!"	S12 Family in Pride and Prejudice
T3 Data analysis language (abbv)	S15 Tuna's outcome in a Japanese restaurant
T7 It may be framed	S20 _____ Parentis (choir associated with King's College Cambridge)
T11 Iron (sym)	T7 Start of a run of 26
T14 Brother of Moses	T11 Math expression (abbv)
T20 Amsterdam's locale (abbv)	T18 "No work, _____"
T23 Type of aerobic exercise (abbv)	T21 Solipsist
U3 AZ neighbor	U10 "Rent to _____"
U7 City on the Hudson	U19 Delta region research and community service project (abbv)
U17 Auto with renowned safety record	V6 Last name for many Johns
V1 Egyptian divinity	V14 You in Lyons
U24 Suffix denoting oils	V16 Light/power measure (abbv)
V14 Bell's device	V22 Educational testing org.
V26 "Mercy _____!"	V26 Worthiness
W1 Wilder or Shalit	W3 Tech school in Edmonton (abbv)
W6 Commands to two of the eight?	W7 Close to (abbv)
W24 Clairvoyant one	W9 Commercial
X1 Southern constellation	W11 Octaves from middle of keyboard
X5 Biblical king	W13 Wild talk
X11 Access to higher planes, perhaps	Y4 On in Kiev
X20 Eyes, poetically	Z5 Brain region responsible for controlling circadian rhythms (abbv)
X26 Where Newport Jazz Fest takes place (abbv)	Z6 Baby's piggy
Y1 "It felt good to be out of the _____"	Z7 Arthur's town
Y24 Modish	Z8 What a prevaricator should do
Z1 "Yum!"	Z9 UK academic qualification (abbv)
Z15 Legendary "good" king	Z10 _____ Goddess (hip-hop artist)
Z25 May follow i, bi or Bog	Z11 My Name Is _____
AA1 _____-do	Z12 One hundred make a kip
AA5 Alternative to a coffee klatch?	Z16 Major directional
AA16 Carrier with former eagle logo (abbv)	Z17 Fashionably attired
AA19 Japanese board game	Z19 It awaits fertilization
AA24 Former German currency (abbv)	Z20 _____-disant
BB1 Abutter of TX	Z22 Chopper
BB5 Close on the heels of Xmas	AA24 See I23 across
BB16 Smoke	BB18 _____ and terminer
BB23 Weather system	BB26 Great church: _____ Paris
CC3 Exalted one (abbv)	BB27 End of a long weekend
CC7 "That hurts!"	CC3 Tendon
CC13 Beamer-upper	CC4 Hearts tend to do this
CC26 "____ est la Place de la Concorde?"	CC14 Type of radio (abbv)
DD2 Dwarf chant	CC15 Fourth _____ July
DD7 See B16 across	DD2 Old motel chain letters
DD14 Texter's close associate (abbv)	DD5 Predominant cereal shape
DD17 "O Come All _____ Faithful"	DD12 Specialists
DD20 News service (abbv)	DD20 Four often win a hand
DD23 Email option (abbv)	DD21 Course stat
DD26 _____ Deum	DD23 Revolutionary, familiarly
EE2 Third year students (abbv)	DD24 Vance and Achaemenian king, familiarly
EE7 Night on the flipside	EE11 _____ Ray (dancer in Thriller)
EE11 Makes E24 across go	EE13 Room or center (abbv)
EE20 Chatty one	FF1 "_____ now for something completely different..."
EE26 The Three _____	FF6 Boast for an electric trash can maker?
FF3 Pop's Captain _____	FF10 Opener for fatherly advice?
FF10 "In _____ days a glimpse of stocking..."	GG2 _____ Homo
FF20 Body depot of sorts (abbv)	GG5 A word for H
FF23 "No _____ bueno!"	GG7 They may sing J12 down
FF26 Bradley or Sullivan	GG16 Comment
GG1 What mom makes when the cookies are gone	GG18 The L in MLK
GG18 _____ Cruces	GG19 Synonym for F14 down, sort of
GG26 Irish papa	HH14 Island feast
HH1 Edison's pref.	HH21 Descriptor for HH14 down
HH5 Identity speculation	HH23 Master
HH18 _____ vs. Them	HH25 Major pineapple packer
HH21 December 25 is one	II11 She may be plain
II5 "Hey-hey, Mr. Founder of UVa!"	II13 Not quite dark
II13 "Dang cur!"	JJ1 "By _____!"
II25 Tibetan syllable	JJ3 Piano pedal
JJ1 "I denounce" in French	JJ24 Big _____
JJ10 Twelve-step program for those who love dessert (abbv)	KK17 Short laugh
JJ13 Competitor of AA16 across (abbv)	LL2 Self-assertion: I _____
JJ18 Fragment of a day (abbv)	LL4 Acidity/alkalinity scale
JJ21 Sang	LL9 Spelling or Amos
KK5 Mrs. Zeus	LL22 _____ Lang Syne
KK10 Old USENET tool (abbv)	LL27 _____ de coeur (appeals)
KK13 Mi casa es _____ casa	MM5 "Once in love with _____"
KK16 Mrs. Cronus	MM7 "_____ ein Berliner"
KK23 Act	MM10 Casual rejections
LL1 Snappy intro	MM14 Word of acceptance
LL8 Bible designation (abbv)	MM20 _____ Plans (submissions to HUD)
LL11 Reaction to mice in cartoons	MM23 Cunning
LL16 Marx, to friends	NN11 Old HTML tag for computer input style
LL21 Follows Des Moines on addresses	NN13 Yes on the Volga
LL26 Political entity formed in 1967 (abbv)	NN15 State opposite Long Island (abbv)
MM1 With _____ (stressing)	NN16 In AA19 across, a strategic formation
MM20 Eugenio Pacelli, for instance	NN17 _____ Cobb
MM26 One of EE2 across, a year later	NN18 Santa syllable
NN2 Moi, en anglais	NN19 1993 consequence of LL26 across (abbv)
NN9 "That's no mouse!"	NN24 "That's _____ Raven!"
NN13 Song instruction for homeowners
XX1 Holiday wish