| BANKHOLIDAY | Store to have to keep one in always for Christmas, say (4,7) |
| WRAP | Prepare for Christmas, say |
| SEASONAL | Working for Christmas, say |
| ARCHIPELAGO | Rattling gaoler chap to keep one, in the main, studded with keys (11) |
| NEEDLEWOMAN | Tattoo her, and she may keep one in stitches! (11) |
| QUARRELSOME | Mere squalor can result in always falling out (11) |
| RETAIN | About to give thanks, in the end, to keep one in mind (6) |
| LIQUID | It takes pounds to keep one in drink, for example (6) |
| ISOBAR | Boris struggling to keep one in line (6) |
| AGREEING | A leafy shade, good to keep one in harmony |
| ELECTED | Is chosen to keep one in place by a majority (7) |
| SLEW | To keep one in stitches, about fifty committed murder (4) |
| NATIONALGUARD | Aorta and lung repaired to keep one in US force (8,5) |
| NIECE | Grannie ceased to keep one in the family (5) |
| DINAH | The girl to keep one in hand, maybe (5) |
| HOLDONESHORSES | Have to keep back a string, but will have to wait a while (4,4,6) |
| HOLDYOURHORSES | Have to keep back a string, but will have to wait a while (4,4,6) |
| PROMISES | "But I have ... to keep / And miles to go before I sleep" (Frost) (8) |
| MONITOR | She might have to keep a check on discipline in school (7) |
| DOI | "___ really have to keep explaining this to you?" |
