| CHRISTMAS | A _ Carol, Dickens tale with a recent animated adaptation (9) |
| WILDLIFE | The - Trusts; organisation that used Kenneth Grahame's The Wind in the Willows characters in a recent animated trailer for a conservation campaign (8) |
| FATHERCHRISTMAS | 1973 graphic novel by Raymond Briggs whose central character was voiced by Mel Smith in a 1991 animated adaptation (6,9) |
| RABBIT | Animated adaptation of Beatrix Potter classic, Peter - (6) |
| TENDULKAR | Famous cricket family with a recent engagement involving Arjun and Saaniya.(last name) (9) |
| HARDTIMES | Dickens tale featuring Mr. Gradgrind: 2 wds. |
| DIETPILLS | Drugs with a recent glut of daytime TV commercials |
| CENTENARY | Extremely noteworthy cryptic with a recent anniversary |
| SNOWWHITE | Disney classic with a recent live-action release (4,5) |
| DESTROYER | Tale with a twist in does perhaps factor in ruin? |
| WENCESLAS | Good King ____ , carol about a ruler of Bohemia who gives alms to a poor peasant (9) |
| BETHLEHEM | 'O come ye, O come ye to ___', (carol) (9) |
| JERUSALEM | 'Sing through all ___', (carol) (9) |
| SACRIFICE | 'King and God and ___', (carol) (9) |
| THATNIGHT | 'Brightly shone the moon ___ ___', (carol) (4,5) |
| ALLISCALM | 'Silent night, Holy night, ___ ___ ___', (carol) (3,2,4) |
| MERCYMILD | 'Peace on earth and ___ ___', (carol) (5,4) |
| STALL | 'And His cradle was a ___', (carol) (5) |
| MYTH | A legend-like story but of gods and heroes rather than saints; a fallacy or figment; a tale with a veiled meaning; or, a fictional person or thing (4) |
| SHEPHERD | 'If I were a ___', (carol) (8) |
