Since it is the Christmas Annual, Charles has prepared two crosswords; a quick crossword, and a challenging cryptic puzzle (I can see Julie Anne rubbing her hands with glee).

First, here is the solution to the Autumn quick crossword:

And here is the grid for the Winter quick crossword:

...And the all-important clues!

A piece of advice (eleven words), which could conceivably have been abstracted from the ‘Advice from Nanny Susan’ column, may be read clockwise around the diagram, beginning at the top left-hand corner.

Nine letters in the supposed advice are not ‘checked’ by across or down clues, but may be arranged to form the alluring phrase ‘FEM BRA CUP.’

All three-letter clues are of the ‘hidden’ type, in which the answer is concealed in the clue, reading forward or back. A typical example might read:

Intimate garment brought back from the underwear bazaar. (3)
It will be seen that the garment (bra) appears backwards (brought back) from ‘the underwear bazaar’

1   Sepia revealed with knickers back to front (3)
4   Ain’t misbehavin’ to be opposed (4)
9   A piece of your mind…anyone?   (3)
10 Sea bird, perhaps discovered back in Kuala Lumpur (3)
11 One who may publicly reveal another’s gay situation? (5)
12 Bugle variations may provide technical challenge for corsetière (5)
13 Form of oxygen providing atmospheric protective layer (5)
15 One regarded as pre-eminent in his field (5)
17 Forget one’s lines on stage (3, 2)
19 Might enjoy a sojourn in the grass (3)
21 Surname of writer who created 16 down (6)
22 Sounds like one who meditates, but such a person may divert us (6)
23 Sheepish male coming round in disrepute! (3)
25 Spinning materials – tall stories! (5)
28 “The – is wither’d from the lake, And no birds sing.” La Belle Dame Sans Merci (John Keats) (5)
30 Does this strip make undressing funny? (5)
31 Scottish cape (5)
33 Maladroit (5)
35 During the introductions one might recognise Mr. Stewart (3)
36 Perhaps this appeal is inherent in Essex girls? (3)
37 Occurring over and over again – in the fullness of time! (3)
38 “Do men gather grapes of thorns, or – of thistles?” Bible: St Matthew (4)

1   In returned turquoise note, an acknowledgement of liability (3)
2   This professor played by Eddie Murphy… (5)
3    … and president, Juan, whose wife was played by Madonna (5)
5   “I don’t pray. Kneeling bags my –.” Lorraine in the film ‘The Big Carnival’ (1951) (6)
6   Where to find John and Yoko during their 1969 peace demonstrations (2,3)
7   Sparky platonic relationship, when Harry met her (5)
8   Remember old thingummy? Why, looking back, I can see her face clearly! (3)
14 Imitator (4)
15 Go for your gun! (4)
16 He proposed to Emma Woodhouse (5)
18 May bring a blush to a lady’s cheek (5)
19 Industrious worker perhaps, discovered in his panties! (3)
20 The poor fool, washing up in not so much as a pinnie! (3)
24 In the greatest degree (6)
25 Move unsteadily from the back way (3)
26 Finished dressing, though sounding a little flushed perhaps? (5)
27 Jerk (U.S.) (5)
28 In short, a literary genre dealing with technological or futuristic themes (3-2)
29 “A sweet disorder in the –
      Kindles in clothes a wantonness:” Delight in Disorder (Robert Herrick) (5)
32 Baby bouncer returns in uncoordinated manner (to the 100 Acre Wood perhaps!) (3)
34 Ammunition for use in the kind of blow pipe a small boy might favour (3)

For American readers, 'The Big Carnival' will be better known as 'Ace in the Hole.' It is one of the greatest films noir. Who could forget Lorraine's line, "I've met some hard-boiled ones in my time, but you're twenty minutes."
Susan