| TWAS | "___ the night before Christmas, when all through the house..." |
| ANAPEST | One of four in "'Twas the night before Christmas, when all through the house" |
| HOUSE | 'Twas the night before Christmas, when all through the ___ (5) |
| EVE | The night before Christmas when, all through the house, not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse |
| TWASTHENIGHTBEFORE | '__ Christmas, when all through the house . . .' |
| NIGHT | "Twas the ... before Christmas, when all through the house / Not a creature was stirring, not even a |
| NOTA | "...all through the house ___ _ creature was stirring..." |
| NOTEVENAMOUSE | What, according to Clement Clarke Moore, wasn't stirring all through the house? (3,4,1,5) |
| SHEAR | "All Through the Night" writer Jules |
| SNORED | Was noisy all through the night |
| LAUPER | Cyndi who sings "All Through the Night" |
| GLOBULE | Drop litres in mouth before Christmas, when year's out |
| NIGHTLONG | All through the hours of darkness (9) |
| OVERSEE | All through the watch, observe (7) |
| DECLINED | Went all through the cases! (8) |
| ACROSS | All through the middle part of ball game |
| FROMDUSKTILLDAWN | All through the dark hours |
| WAFTED | Floated through the house, like a scent from the kitchen |
| OER | "Gliding ___ all, through all, / Through Nature, Time, and Space": Walt Whitman |
| SPRINGCLEANING | Sweeping measures annually passing through the House |