Seasons Greetings by Eclogue - SOLUTION
Extra letters generated by the wordplay of down clues provide DING DONG MERRILY, which are placed “on high” in the grid. The highlighting shows “in HEAVEN, THE BELLS are ringing”. The extra letters in the across entries continue the song with “VERILY THE SKY is riven with ANGELS singing”.
Across
V 1 mariachis; MARIA + CHI[V]S
E 8 dilate; (TI[E] LADE)*
R 12 mganga; GANG in MA[R]
I 13 entelechy; (HY for L) in C(l)[I]ENTELE*
L 14 Nanda Devi; N + AND + A + DEVI[L]
Y 15 leader; LE[Y] + A + (RED)<
A 16 upcome; UP + COM[A] + E
N 17 helidrome; (OLD HEIR)* + ME[N]
G 19 reheat; EH in [G]RATE*
E 22 venges; [E]VEN + GE + S
L 24 ambassage; [L]AMB + ASS + AGE
S 25 eluate; [S]EL + U + ATE
T 26 borsch; initial letters incl. [T]omatoes
H 27 Llareggub; (LEGAL BURG[H])*
E 28 inherited; (ENTIR[E] HIDE}*
S 29 ethene; ([S]EEN + THE)*
K 30 sews up; S[K]EW + SUP
Y 31 addresser; (DARES D[Y]ERS)*
Down
I 2 Agapemone; ([I]M + ONE after A + GAPE
N 3 ranch; RA[N] + NC + H
D 4 agamas; AG + [D]AM + AS
O 5 cadetship; CADE + (HIS T[O]P)*
G 6 inveigled;(I + [G]IVEN)* + GLED
M 7 stilb; I[M]IST)* + LB
E 8 deliverer; DELI + V[E]ERER
R 9 learn; LEA + RN[R]
L 10 theme tune; [L]UNE after THE MET
Y 11 eyres; EYES around [Y]R
R 18 delete; DEE[R] around LET
D 19 rabis; RABI[D] + S
G 20 eases; E + [G]ASES
N 21 Malta; MAL + TA[N]
I 23 gages; G[I] + AGES
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