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3 Across, Dull quality in dodgy casino featuring in papers (10)

1 Down, Man with unpredictable date, a singer, a figure of authority for youngsters? (4,7)

4 Down, Simple legal matter requiring order to traveller at customs? (4-3-4,4)

5 Down, Gnarled sort acclaims endlessly hard seasonal work (1,5,9)

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1d He ad te a cher
3a Pr osaicn ess, if it's 11 letters?

1 D. Head Teacher

4 open and shut case

4 D. Open-and-shut case.

5 D. A Christmas Carol, anagram - I think you might have the letter count wrong?

3 Across was 11 Letters, sorry about that, many thanks to all.

... did A Christmas Carol fit the word count for the clue?

Yes Malone it fit the number of letters perfectly.

Thanks, Diablos. Glad we could help.