| SILENTNIGHT | Carol first performed on Christmas Eve in 1818, with music by Franz Gruber and lyrics by Josef Mohr |
| MOHR | Joseph ____ wrote the poem "Stille Nacht" for which Franz Gruber wrote a melody and guitar accompaniment in 1818 |
| NIGHT | "Silent ___", Austrian carol first performed in 1818 (5) |
| MILNE | Children's author whose character Winnie-the-Pooh first appeared by name in print on Christmas Eve in 1925 (5) |
| DINGDONGMERRILY | ___ ___ ___ On High, Christmas carol first published in 1924 with lyrics by George Woodward (4,4,7) |
| SCOTT | Author of the Waverley novels who lived at Abbotsford in the Scottish Borders and married on Christmas Eve in 1797 (5) |
| CORNHILL | Street in the City of London that Bob Cratchit slides down 20 times in honour of it being Christmas Eve in Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol |
| KISMET | Musical based largely on Borodin's music first performed on stage in 1953 (6) |
| ASH | Arbor in the genus Fraxinus whose twigs are traditionally bound to form a bundle burned on Christmas Eve in an ancient West Country custom; or, embers such as the cinders from which Cinderella derives |
| SHEPHERDSARISE | Christmas carol first recorded in a 19th-century manuscript from the parish of Winterbome Zelston in Dorset (9,5) |
| STOCKINGS | Items of hosiery into which small gifts are deposited on Christmas Eve in a tradition thought to derived from the legends of Saint Nicholas (9) |
| APPLE | Fruit popularly given as a gift on Christmas Eve in China |
| AVAGARDNER | US actress born on Christmas Eve in 1922 |
| QUAD | Play without words by Samuel Beckett first performed on television in 1981 (4) |
| KISSINGGATE | Is Carol first to get caught by another girl in romantic setting? |
| APOSTLES | The --------, an oratorio by Elgar first performed on October 14 1903 (8) |
| HAIR | Rock musical, first performed on Broadway in 1968 (4) |
| NACHT | "Stille ___": song first performed on December 24, 1818 |
| MATISSE | Henri -; artist who created the stained-glass window Nuit de Noel (Christmas Eve) in 1952 (7) |
| SHULCHANARUCH | Codification of Jewish Law authored by Josef Karo in 1563 (8,5) |
