| HOLIDAYS | Christmas Day, St Stephen's Day and the rest (8) |
| WREN | Bird hunted on St Stephen's Day and depicted on a farthing (4) |
| PARADER | One celebrating Puerto Rican Day, St. Patrick's Day, or Pride, perhaps |
| DECEMBER | Saint Stephen's Day is celebrated on the 26th of this month (8) |
| DATELINE | Imaginary division extending between the North and South Poles, the boundary between one calendar day and the next (4,4) |
| AMBRIDGE | Fictional agricultural village in Borsetshire, setting of locales including Arkwright Hall, Grey Gables, Home Farm, Honeysuckle Cottage, St Stephen's Church and The Bull (8) |
| GOLDBLUM | Actor who appeared in Jurassic Park, Independence Day and The Grand Budapest Hotel (8) |
| NICHOLAS | Present-day saint? |
| BOX | A type of container traditionally concealing a Christmas gift for an employee, hence the name by which St Stephen's Day is also known (3) |
| LAMEDUCK | Ineffectual person walks awkwardly around St Stephen's Green (4,4) |
| BOXING | - Day; annual public holiday also known as St Stephen's Day (6) |
| DEC | St. Stephen's Day mth. |
| SNOW | The Hunters in the -; winter scene in a series of five extant paintings depicting the months/seasons including The Gloomy Day and The Hay Harvest by Pieter Bruegel the Elder (4) |
| SUPREMA | ____ tempestas the last part of the day, and the best perhaps |
| BOOKOFMORMON | The --- --- ---, a sacred text of the Latter-day Saint movement (4,2,6) |
| INCUBATES | Male pigeons ___ the eggs during the day and the female takes over at night |
| CAMERONDIAZ | Star of Knight and Day and The Green Hornet (2 wds.) |
| JUDE | The Third Day and The New Pope star, _ Law (4) |
| MAYDAY | International Workers' Day and the traditional first day of spring |
| JOSEPHSMITH | American religious leader, founder of Mormonism and the Latter-day Saint movement (6,5) |
