| AC | Date used in reckoning dates before the supposed year Christ was born. |
| BC | Date used in reckoning dates before the supposed year Christ was born. |
| ANNODOMINI | Term indicating years numbered from the supposed year of the birth of Christ (4,6) |
| PREDATE | To date before the actual day |
| CADET | Common date used to put one in a military apprenticeship (5) |
| SEALEVEL | It's used in reckoning land elevation (3-5) |
| MOFACCOUNT | Denomination used in reckoning |
| INSTEAD | At home, dates used as a substitute (7) |
| MAJORDOMO | Official in House has mother and girl first in reckoning, party second |
| AGO | "Long time ... in Bethlehem; So the Holy Bible say; Mary's boy child, Jesus Christ; Was born on Chri |
| HOLYSEPULCHRE | In the New Testament, the tomb in which the body of Christ was laid after the Crucifixion (4,9) |
| GETHSEMANE | In the New Testament, the garden in Jerusalem where Christ was betrayed on the night before his Crucifixion (10) |
| ABROAD | Out and about with bra off when Christ was born? (6) |
| ONIGHT | Line from a Christmas carol by Adolphe Adam, _ _ when Christ was born! (1,5) |
| JONHAMM | Mad Men actor who was on The Big Date before he was famous: 2 wds. |
| OLDSTYLE | The former method of reckoning dates using the Julian calendar (3,5) |
| BETHLEHEM | Town where Jesus Christ was born (9) |
| HEROD | King when Christ was born (5) |
| SUPERSTAR | The great rock musical of the 70s, Jesus Christ ... was released as an album a year before its first |
| CRIB | A model in a Nativity scene of the manger in which the infant Jesus Christ was laid at birth; a wicker basket; a cowshed for oxen; a bin for grain; a card game developed from noddy; or, a little bed f |
