Quick crossword No 221

Solution blog with hints and tips can be found from Friday here -> https://reinterred.blogspot.com/2024/12/weekend-quick-cryptic-118-solution.html

Thanks johninterred. The instruction rather gives the game away but I still fell for the brilliant misdirection in 13a. A festive treat.

I had a lot of fun solving this! Some very satisfying “click, click, click” solutions. 13a was last in — very neat indeed!

What a lovely grid! I enjoyed 9A, 13A, 12D and 21D

Nice puzzle! Saw the likely nina early - it helped a lot