| PUM | Word from "The Little Drummer Boy" |
| PARUM | Beginning of the drumming in "The Little Drummer Boy": 2 wds. |
| NOEL | "Silent Night" or "The Little Drummer Boy" |
| PARUMPUMPUMPUM | "The Little Drummer Boy" refrain |
| BINGCROSBY | He sang "The Little Drummer Boy" with David Bowie |
| BREADSTICKS | The Little Drummer Boy brought __ |
| CAROUSAL | Wild party for the little drummer boy going around America (8) |
| BING | Crosby, who sang "Little Drummer Boy" with David Bowie |
| TYMPANA | Little drummer boy beats where many tap wildly |
| DUET | Song such as Baby It's Cold Outside or Peace On Earth/ Little Drummer Boy (4) |
| PEACEONEARTH | Song combined with Little Drummer Boy and recorded in 1977 for Bing Crosby's Merrie Olde Christmas as a duet with David Bowie |
| LECARRE | John, author of The Little Drummer Girl (2,5) |
| PUGH | star of "The Little Drummer Girl" |
| PIGS | Actor Florence in The Little Drummer Girl has hot dog first (4) |
| JOHN | Author of Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy and The Little Drummer Girl. (4,2,5) |
| 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) |
| BEAT | The drummer boy would know best how to flee the field of battle! (4,1,7) |
| ARETREAT | The drummer boy would know best how to flee the field of battle! (4,1,7) |
| UNDERTHESEA | Song from "The Little Mermaid" that's a phonetic hint to interpreting the answers to the starred clues |
| ORANGEPEKOE | Superior grade of black tea from India and Sri Lanka made from the small leaves at the tips of the plant stems (6,5) |
