Sunday Times Prize Crossword 4516 Sunday December 16Th 2012

[fangster]

21a central characters in December's traditional cheer (8) e?b???e?
27a RAC competitor contracted this girl (4) ??e?
22d Just hurry up! (5) ??e??
Thanks

[remuera]

27a thea(a)

[BOB1957]

27 THEA
22 LEGIT

[Neveracrossword]

27 A. Thea (the AA, contracted - I think this was answered earlier).

[Jamasheo]

21a- embolden

[dannyk13]

21.Embolden

[fangster]

thanks all but don't understand embolden

[shooty]

Dec (emb) er = central characters in December
olden = traditional

embolden = cheer

[boxtops]

traditional = olden
centre of decEMBer

to cheer is to embolden

[shooty]

**Dec (emb) er's**

[fangster]

thanks again must be a bit thick today!

[mercedita]

Thanks, Bibblebub, for the links to the explanation. Phew! :-)