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12a.....Author of tales with exhausted villain possessing one unknown power (7,6)

B?????? ?O????

And can I check 1a....Ditch fish in river? On the contrary
TRENCH ?

12 Beatrix Potter. I'll leave you to parse it.

Thanks and happy Xmas Malone

1a On the contrary means river (r) in fish tench.

Trench is correct . River in fish rather than fish in river

Thanks Steve !

That was strange , Mikey?
Where did you find the "ordinary" Everyman 3715?
When I went online on Sunday supposedly to print it off, I found a "Jumbo Everyman Christmas Crossword" (quote) in its place on the Guardian website?

It's next to it on the website....it may have appeared later...don't think it was there when I printed off the Jumbo which I thought was the prize one...but someone on Answerbank said the Jumbo answers were underneath it in the paper version ??

Thank you, Xwordfan.
I certainly didn't see No 3715 when I printed out the Jumbo on Sunday.
I just assumed that the Jumbo was replacing it this week.
It wasn't until Mikey 's post that I thought to query it.

I don't know about any answers to the Jumbo, as I don't get the paper.
I did that puzzle on Sunday.

Thanks again! I now have a second Everyman to do today!

Elle....I always do the Everyman from the paper itself. I have been reading the Observer since I was in my early 20's and I am nearly 65 now !