| BETHLEHEM | Be the helm that can turn to the Nativity scene (9) |
| RESPIGHI | Composer of Pines of Rome, Roman Festivals and the Christmas cantata Laud to the Nativity (8) |
| CONTAINER | It holds things in once art can turn to it (9) |
| MAMMALIAN | Of a sort of animal Mam can turn to (9) |
| MATERNITY | Any term it can turn to motherhood (9) |
| COINTREAU | Drink that can turn into a cure (9) |
| ADORATION | - of the Magi; depiction of the nativity in art, such as that by Leonardo da Vinci or Giotto (9) |
| CHRISTMAS | Popular term for the Feast of the Nativity (9) |
| SHEPHERDSPIE | Traditional meal for those characters from The Nativity Scene and On the Waterfront, for the most part (9,3) |
| MOLEHILLS | Problems that can turn into mountains |
| ANDREADEL | Florentine painter of the High Renaissance whose notable works include The Nativity of the Virgin (1514) |
| INNKEEPER | Backward glance received by central figure in the Nativity story (9) |
| INN | No vacancy: The nativity scene took place away in a manger because there was no room in the ___ |
| PRESEPIO | Italian name for the nativity scene (8) |
| MANGERLITERATURE | Class on texts about the nativity scene? |
| ALANSHEPARD | ... this astronaut will set up the nativity scene |
| THREEWISE | The ___ / ___ Men: Nativity-scene figures (5,4) |
| DURER | German engraver and painter whose works include the Adoration of the Magi, Feast of the Rosary, The Four Apostles and The Nativity, from The Small Passion (5) |
| SARTO | Italian word for "tailor", which is the epithet of the Florentine painter Andrea d'Agnolo di Francesco di Luca, whose frescos include The Journey of the Magi and The Nativity of the Virgin (5) |
| SPOT | Pimple may be regarded as the very best that can turn up (4) |
