| KAYE | White Christmas and The Court Jester actor Danny |
| ALES | Samuel Adams White Christmas and the like |
| VESSEL | In The Court Jester, Danny Kaye finally had to remember that, "The pellet with the poison's in the flagon with the dragon; the ... with the pestle has the brew that is true" |
| CHALICE | "The ____ from the palace has the brew that is true" (Danny Kaye, in The Court Jester) |
| DANNYKAYE | Comic actor who played the title role in 1955 film The Court Jester (5,4) |
| HILARY | Named after a French bishop, the spring term of the courts of England and Wales and the courts of Ireland as well as the universities of Oxford and of Dublin (6) |
| GLYNIS | Actress Johns of 'The Court Jester' |
| AMUSEASDIRECTED | Emulate the court jester? |
| LAW | "The __ allows it, and the court awards it": "The Merchant of Venice" |
| TOUCHSTONE | The court jester of Duke Frederick in Shakespeare's play As You Like It |
| RICHARDPOSNER | Author of "Breaking the Deadlock: The 2000 Election, the Constitution and the Courts" |
| CRIME | Queen of -; nickname of Agatha Christie, author of Hercule Poirot's Christmas and The Adventure of the Christmas Pudding (5) |
| VANESSAHUDGENS | High School Musical actress who starred in the Netflix holiday movies The Knight Before Christmas and The Princess Switch: 2 wds. |
| IRVINGBERLIN | Composer of the songs White Christmas and God Bless America (6,6) |
| BRIGGS | Author and illustrator whose books for children include Father Christmas and The Snowman (6) |
| IUS | Justice (3rd n.) and the court: lex |
| BING | ... Crosby first recorded White Christmas and it went on to become the best-selling single of all time |
| BERLIN | Irving ?, composer of songs White Christmas and God Bless America |
| IRVING | Who composed "White Christmas" and countless other songs, ... Berlin (6) |
| STOLLEN | Traditional German sweet bread, associated with Christmas and the city of Dresden (7) |
