| SILENTNIGHT | Carol first performed on Christmas Eve in 1818, with music by Franz Gruber and lyrics by Josef Mohr |
| MOHR | Joseph ____ wrote the poem "Stille Nacht" for which Franz Gruber wrote a melody and guitar accompaniment in 1818 |
| MILNE | Children's author whose character Winnie-the-Pooh first appeared by name in print on Christmas Eve in 1925 (5) |
| PORGY | --- And Bess, opera first performed in 1935, with music by George Gershwin and lyrics by Ira Gershwin and DuBose Heyward (5) |
| DINGDONGMERRILY | ___ ___ ___ On High, Christmas carol first published in 1924 with lyrics by George Woodward (4,4,7) |
| SCOTT | Author of the Waverley novels who lived at Abbotsford in the Scottish Borders and married on Christmas Eve in 1797 (5) |
| CORNHILL | Street in the City of London that Bob Cratchit slides down 20 times in honour of it being Christmas Eve in Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol |
| KISMET | Musical based largely on Borodin's music first performed on stage in 1953 (6) |
| ASH | Arbor in the genus Fraxinus whose twigs are traditionally bound to form a bundle burned on Christmas Eve in an ancient West Country custom; or, embers such as the cinders from which Cinderella derives |
| WICKED | Musical with music and lyrics by Stephen Schwartz and a book by Winnie Holzman, based on a 1995 Gregory Maguire novel set in the Land of Oz |
| PALJOEY | Musical comedy with music by Richard Rodgers and lyrics by Lorenz Hart based on a novel by John O'Hara |
| DEAREVANHANSEN | Musical, with music and lyrics by Benj Pasek and Justin Paul, that opened on Broadway in 2016 (4,4,6) |
| STOCKINGS | Items of hosiery into which small gifts are deposited on Christmas Eve in a tradition thought to derived from the legends of Saint Nicholas (9) |
| TOMORROW | Song from the musical Annie, with music by Charles Strouse and lyrics by Martin Charnin, published in 1977 |
| OLIVER | Musical with script, music and lyrics by Lionel Bart, premiered in London's West End in 1960 (6) |
| MOODINDIGO | Jazz standard with music by Duke Ellington and Barney Bigard and lyrics by Irving Mills |
| EVERYTIME | ___ We Say Goodbye, song with music and lyrics by Cole Porter, performed by numerous artists (5,4) |
| QUAD | Play without words by Samuel Beckett first performed on television in 1981 (4) |
| SATURDAYNIGHT | ___ (Is the Loneliest Night of the Week) Frank Sinatra song which was originally published in 1944 with music by Jule Styne and lyrics by Sammy Cahn: 2 wds. |
| AVENUEQ | American musical with music and lyrics by Robert Lopez and Jeff Marx (6,1) |
