| ISLAND | Christmas, for example, in Ireland, for instance (6) |
| GREATSEAL | Irish love consuming food with the last of the vintage port or Harp in Ireland, for instance (5,4) |
| JARGON | Looking back, no love in Ireland for James the First in one's own language (6) |
| EMPIRE | Representative, in Ireland, for the emperor's realm (6) |
| JOISTS | It was a charmless Christmas for Josephine, in short, but she'll get some support from these. (6) |
| PATRON | Patrick for Ireland, for example (6,5) |
| WINTER | It arrives just before Christmas, for many |
| CLAUDE | "Christmas for Children Who No Longer Have a Home" composer Debussy |
| COASTER | Goes all around Ireland, for instance, for short historic time in boat (7) |
| MERINO | Medical Officer goes round old Ireland for some breed of sheep (6) |
| DESERTISLAND | Leave Ireland, for instance, for remote, uninhabited place |
| OKELLY | Who was President of Ireland for 14 years between Douglas Hyde and Eamon de Valera? (6) |
| BROGUE | A shoe of untanned leather formerly worn in parts of Scotland and Ireland for traipsing over rough ground; a sturdy brown Oxford-like shoe patterned with perforations; or, a mellifluous lilting Irish |
| ERINGO | Happy St. Patrick's Day! '_ ___ Bragh!' (Ireland for- ever!) |
| SAILAYACHT | Leave the port to go around Ireland, for instance (4,1,5) |
| EVE | Night before Christmas, for example |
| HOLIDAY | Halloween or Christmas for example |
| BREADSAUCE | Panettone and butterscotch served at Christmas, for example (5,5) |
| ISLANDS | Easter and Christmas, for example (7) |
| PRESENTDAY | Now, Christmas, for example ... |
