| CRATCHIT | Bob, employee of Scrooge in Charles Dickens's story A Christmas Carol (8) |
| BOBCRATCHIT | Employee of Scrooge in Charles Dickens's story A Christmas Carol (3,8) |
| TINYTIM | Youngest child of Bob Cratchit in Charles Dickens's story A Christmas Carol (4,3) |
| EBENEZER | That curmudgeon _ Scrooge in Charles Dickens' Christmas Carol (8) |
| JACOBMARLEY | Deceased business partner of Ebenezer Scrooge in Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol (1843) (5,6) |
| FEZZIWIG | Mr ___, character in Charles Dickens story A Christmas Carol for whom Scrooge worked as an apprentice (8) |
| ROSSKEMP | EastEnders actor who played Eddie Scrooge in a 2000 TV film version of A Christmas Carol (4,4) |
| ALAS | *Portrayer of Scrooge in 1951's "A Christmas Carol" |
| TALISMAN | Is fellow by end of short story a bringer of luck? (8) |
| PENTACLE | Write chapter in story "A Defence against Demons"? |
| ALASTAIR | Sim who played Scrooge in 1951 |
| APOLOGUE | From the Greek for "story", a word for an allegory or moral fable, often with animals as characters (8) |
| ANECDOTE | Story a Ted once made up |
| BATES | Author of My Uncle Silas, The Darling Buds of May and the short story A Christmas Song (5) |
| KITES | Symbolising friendship in Truman Capote's story A Christmas Memory, floating toys named after raptors remarkable for their ability to hover or hang effortlessly in the air (5) |
| ALCOTT | Author of Little Women and the short story A Christmas Dream (6) |
| ALASTAIRSIM | Scottish character actor who played Ebenezer Scrooge in a 1951 film version of A Christmas Carol called Scrooge (8.3) |
| BAH | Exclamation from Scrooge in "The Muppet Christmas Carol" (and in "A Christmas Carol," I suppose) |
| REGINALDOWEN | British actor who played Ebenezer Scrooge in a 1938 film version of Christmas Carol (8.4) |
| AGHAST | Shocked, a visitor of Scrooge has a change of heart (6) |
