| HADIN | Got a visit from |
| BOOK | From the Old English for "beech", a bibliophilic item printed with a story, poem etc, such as A Child's Christmas in Wales, The Chimes, Little Women or A Visit from St. Nicholas (4) |
| BREAK | If a person received a visit from Lady Luck as hoped, he finally caught a ___ |
| SUGARPLUM | Mentioned in A Visit from St. Nicholas, a crystallised damsonlike fruit, or; a spiced fruit-and-nut confection resembling such (5,4) |
| BAILIFF | These two troublemakers come from Ilfracombe, and if they get into more trouble they will be getting a visit from a law-enforcement officer (7) |
| DROLL | "His ___ little mouth was drawn up like a bow" (line from "A Visit From St. Nicholas") |
| CALL | A visit from a local luminary (4) |
| PLUMP | "He was chubby and ___ ..." (line from "A Visit From St. Nicholas") |
| IIN | "... and ___ my cap" (line from "A Visit From St. Nicholas") |
| ERE | "... ___ he drove out of sight" (Line from "A Visit from St. Nicholas") |
| NEAT | Like a home after a visit from Marie Kondo |
| DASHER | Plunger in a butter churn; boards of an ice hockey rink; or, one of the reindeer in Clement Clarke Moore's poem A Visit from St . Nicholas (6) |
| SASH | Part of a window thrown up in "A Visit From St. Nicholas" |
| TOALL | A Visit from St. Nicholas ending, "... and ___ ___ a good night!" |
| NOD | "And giving a ___, up the chimney he rose" ("A Visit From St. Nicholas" excerpt) |
| MOORE | "A Visit from Saint Nicholas" poet |
| PAPAL | Like a visit from John Paul |
| FIXEDASSET | Consequence of a visit from the Maytag repairman? |
| TWAS | Start of 'A Visit From St. Nicholas' |
| POEMS | A Visit from St. Nicholas, and others |
