| MELTORME | Composer of "The Christmas Song" |
| ISAACWATTS | Composer of the Christmas carol Joy to the World |
| TORME | Co-writer of "The Christmas Song" |
| CHESTNUTS | First word of The Christmas Song (9) |
| CAROLCHANNELKING | "Hello, Dolly!" actress adopting a large deer / Ruler of the Christmas song TV network? |
| AGATHA | Forename of the "Queen of Crime" who wrote the story The Adventure of the Christmas Pudding and the novel Hercule Poirot's Christmas (6) |
| CRIME | Queen of -; nickname of Agatha Christie, author of Hercule Poirot's Christmas and The Adventure of the Christmas Pudding (5) |
| CHRISTIE | Agatha ___; author whose works include Hercule Poirot's Christmas, The Adventure of the Christmas Pudding and the play The Mousetrap (8) |
| NIGHT | Twelfth -; eve of the Epiphany, traditionally celebrated as the final day of the Christmas festivities with the apple wassail "lambswool" (5) |
| KING | Nickname in the middle of the name of classic crooner Nat Cole who, in 1945, serenaded us with "The Christmas Song" |
| ROSSETTI | Christina --, poet who wrote the words of the Christmas carol "In the Bleak Midwinter" (8) |
| BLYTON | Author of The Christmas Book, numerous Christmas tales for children and the many classic Famous Five, Malory Towers and Secret Seven adventures (6) |
| SLEIGH | The one-horse open vehicle in which you might be dashing through the snow in the Christmas song |
| FOUR | What is the number of calling birds given according to the Christmas song? (4) |
| LEAPER | One of ten lords in the Christmas song |
| CAROL | The girl in the Christmas song (5) |
| ELEVEN | Number of pipers piping in the Christmas song (6) |
| THREE | ___ Kings Day (Hispanic observance on the last day of the Christmas season) |
| LORDOFMISRULE | Person appointed of old to be master of the Christmas revelries - drum or follies (anag) (4,2,7) |
| SILENTNIGHTHOLYNIGHT | What is the first line of the Christmas carol that continues: "All is calm, all is bright; Round yon |
