Solution to Seasons Greetings XII by Eclogue
The extra letters from wordplay provide “SISTER SUSIE SITTING (on a) THISTLE”, a line from “All I Want for Christmas is MY TWO FRONT TEETH” by Donald Yetter GARDNER. Two INCISORs were therefore the required highlighting.
Across
1 Gram; MARG<
5 time; EMIT<
S 11 Armani; A + MAN in [S]IR<
I 13 purer: PU[I]R + ER
S 14 Leblanc; (BELL[S] CAN)*
T 15 Nestor; NEST + [T]OR
E 17 hechs; HE +CH[E]S(s)
R 18 inrush; [R]IN + RUSH
S 21 avoided; [S]IDE in A + V + OD
U 24 Cassio; CAS(t) + IO[U]S*
S 25 rices; CRISE[S]*
27 aloo; hidden; vindALOOs
28 axon; AX + ON
I 32 Tutsi; [I]T + (SUIT)*
E 34 castor; CAST[E] + OR
S 36 flensed; (ENDLES[S] + F)*
I 37 espada; PA[I]D in (SEA)*
T 38 scudo; SCU[T] + DO
T 44 Cyrano; (CAN [T]ORY)*; ref. Cyrano de Bergerac
I 45 bemuses; EM[I] in BUSES
N 46 kukri; UK in (RI[N]K)*
G 47 épuisé; PU[G] in (I SEE)*
48 spat; initial letters; S P A T
49 read; RE + AD
Down
T 1 Gallican; CAN[T] after GALL + I
H 2 ambers; (c)[H]AMBERS
3 nas; N A S
4 ins; two meanings
5 ich; I + CH
6 ane; (me)ANE(st)
7 pec; PEC(k)
I 8 tushie; HI in (SU[I]TE)*
S 9 meowed; ([S]OME)* + WED
T 10 erred; hidden; fERRE[T] Down
L 12 regnal; REG + N + AL[L]
E 16 muso; MUS[E] + O
19 sits; (ST + IS)<
20 hose; (t)HOSE
21 arid; (AIR)* + D
22 vice; three meanings
23 ocas; CA in OS
G 26 unraised; ([G]RAIN USED)*
A 29 asps; S[A]P in AS
R 30 oodles; LE in [R]OODS
D 31 play up; LA[D]Y in PUP
N 33 uncart; [N]UN + CA + RT
E 35 tassie; T[E]A + (IS)< in SE
R 36 fecks; F + [R]ECKS
39 uni; hidden; mUNIcipal
40 dog; two meanings; &lit.
41 obo; initial letters; O B O
42 bee; two meanings
43 ump; hidden; stUMPs
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