A Christmas Puzzle December 2016

[Matakari]

A Christmas Crossword puzzle December 2016

From each sentence or phrase three answers are to be found. Some letters are provided for each answer. For example:
…wine-lovers assemble to contemplate…
( A ) ???OPH???? = Oenophiles ( B ) ???REG??? = aggregate ( C ) ???ISA?? = envisage

Now some help for the following, thank you:

1 The house that is all that remains of the Palace of Whitehall is where down-and-out…
( A ) Banqueting ( B ) ??GRA?? ( C ) b?OOM???

2 being on TV on a Saturday night. They hear…
( A ) ( B ) ??RIC??? ( C )

3 …gives the impression of Tripoli, flowering at night, and
( A ) ( B ) ( C ) ??CTA??????

4 …talking. Then, gliding in, by rather too much…

( A ) ( B ) ??LAP???? ( C )

5 the people who played Yiddish music lace everyone’s…
( A ) ( B ) ??LEN??????? ( C )

6 …ill-health. After some time people with an abnormal love for this kind of food…
( A ) ( B ) ( C ) o?SOM??????
7 persuaded a lass that the general structure, appearance and feel were…

( A ) ( B ) ??LLA???? ( C )

8 …honestly good ( not! ). In a confused mess, she and the…
( A ) ( B ) ??TCH ( C )

9 Only obscure Boney M…

( A ) ??LEN???? ( B ) ???OLE?? ( C )m??ORW??

10 black tea and doughnut found by… ( A ) ( B ) ??YKO?? ( C )

[Buenchico]

2 includes STRICTLY

[scorpiojo]

This is useful

http://onelook.com

[Spotty Dog]

1b could be Vagrants.
2b could be Strictly.

[Spotty Dog]

9c will be Motorway.

[Spotty Dog]

9b will be Napoleon. (Boney)

[Spotty Dog]

3c is Nyctanthous. ( Flowering at night)

[Matakari]

Many thanks, Spotty Dog! I am working hard at the others and hope to see the light soon!