| CHESTNUTS | First word of The Christmas Song (9) |
| ROSSETTI | Christina --, poet who wrote the words of the Christmas carol "In the Bleak Midwinter" (8) |
| MELTORME | Composer of "The Christmas Song" |
| TORME | Co-writer of "The Christmas Song" |
| CAROLCHANNELKING | "Hello, Dolly!" actress adopting a large deer / Ruler of the Christmas song TV network? |
| OPERATING | First word of the term that describes the program that manages a computer's resources, especially the allocation of those resources among other programs. Typical resources include the central processi |
| PARTRIDGE | Bird in a pear-tree, in the Christmas song (9) |
| SYLLABLES | What the first word of the answer to each starred clue counts, with respect to the second word |
| TOURTIERE | A meat pie eaten as part of the Christmas reveillon in Canada (9) |
| CAPRICORN | Sign of the Christmas season |
| MINCEPIES | Once banned in England according to legend, sweetened and spiced pastries traditionally forming part of the Christmas feast (5,4) |
| 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" |
| RIVER | First word of the name for a group of six species of primarily freshwater dolphins of south-central Asia, China, and South America and in the coastal waters of Brazil, Argentina, and Uruguay. (5) |
| SILENTNIGHTHOLYNIGHT | What is the first line of the Christmas carol that continues: "All is calm, all is bright; Round yon |
| ELIZABETHII | Monarch whose grandfather George V started the tradition of the Christmas speech in 1932 (9,1,1) |
| BLYTON | Author of The Christmas Book, numerous Christmas tales for children and the many classic Famous Five, Malory Towers and Secret Seven adventures (6) |
