| PAPERHAT | Coloured headwear contained in a Christmas cracker (5,3) |
| HATRED | Extreme dislike of coloured headwear (6) |
| SNAP | Strip in a Christmas cracker that creates a bang; a rolled gingerbread wafer with a whipped cream filling; or, a cold spell (4) |
| MOTTO | Saying or maxim often found on a slip of paper in a Christmas cracker (5) |
| JOKE | Amusing story found in a Christmas cracker (4) |
| PLATEFUL | The quantity contained in a plate (8) |
| TERRIFIC | Huge mistake, facing uncertainty, contained in a moment I hear |
| WISH | Possibly a Christmas cracker to pull thus contains letters on a pencil in red, say? (8) |
| PULLTOGETHER | Co-operate with instructions on a Christmas cracker? |
| SNAPPER | A photographer, Christmas cracker, turtle or red tropical marine fish who or which characteristically make a sharp sound or a quick bite (7) |
| ICING | Mixture with a variety that can be contained in a piping bag and applied with a series of nozzles (5 |
| KORAN | Scriptures contained in a book or a novel (5) |
| LAVA | Rock that cannot, in fact, be contained in a lamp |
| EGG | Christmas cracker? An all year cracker really (3) |
| CODE | One ripping up verses, perhaps, after first found in Christmas cracker? (11) |
| BREAKER | One ripping up verses, perhaps, after first found in Christmas cracker? (11) |
| FORMIC | _ _ _ _ _ _ acid, a colourless, irritant volatile compound contained in a fluid emitted by ants (6) |
| SHEAF | Quantity of 24 arrows contained in a quiver; a bundle of paper; or, bunch of bound wheat stalks (5) |
| ROLLON | Contained in a bottle with a ball for ease of application (4-2) |
| HINDI | Language contained in a thin dictionary (5) |
