ACROSS

1Pointy

6 Scrabble tile holder

10 In a while

11 African antelope

13 Battery end

14 Personnel worker

15 Campaigner, for short

16 Brewed beverage

18 Flamenco cry

19 Popular Christmas song

22 Backer’s vote

23 Neckline shapes

24 Curry ingredient

27 Robust

28 Shortly, in poems

29 Peas’ place

30 Popular Christmas song

35 Fall mo.

36 Possess

37 “Dig in!”

38 A bunch

40 Make a speech

42 Banks of the Cubs

43 Count of music

44 Snoozes

45 Forgo frugality

DOWN

1 Openhanded hits

2 Vietnam’s capital

3 Coral island

4 Santa hat color

5 Sixth-grader, e.g

6 Amy Winehouse hit

7 Boxing great

8 Yuletide singer

9 Rang

12 Like formal attire

17 Stretch of years

20 Contending

21 Stay away from

24 Sweet-talk

25 Mythical creature

26 Big Sky setting

27 Socializes

29 Chapel seat

31 Finishes last

32 Rental contract

33 Classical language

34 Spirited horse

39 Party staple

41 Drake’s music