| BELLS | Did you know?: "Jingle ___" was originally written as a Thanksgiving song, not a Christmas carol |
| ROYALDAVIDSCITY | Once In ___, processional carol originally written as a poem by Cecil Frances Alexander (5,6,4) |
| LENBEGSJILL | Broadway legend Cariou pleads with Jack's nursery rhyme friend? (JINGLE BELLS) |
| BIGGIRLSDONTCRY | Great lyric, trad song, not a new song by 23 24 (3,5,4,3) |
| ODDITY | Offbeat individual note lifted song, not a tango |
| TAYLOR | With 19-Down: she announced at a concert on Sunday that her next single will be "Cruel Summer" (original song, not a cover of 12-Across) |
| BECAUSE | - the Night ; song that was originally written by Bruce Springsteen and later released as a single by Patti Smith (7) |
| FOREVERAUTUMN | Song, based on a melody that was written as a jingle for a Lego commercial, sung by Justin Hayward on the album Jeff Wayne's Musical Version of The War of the Worlds |
| TASSERA | From "four", a cube, die or square tablet on which a watchword was written as a token or ticket in classical times; or, a small quadrilateral block/tile for mosaic (7) |
| LOVIN | "I'm ___ it" (Justin Timberlake song that was written as a McDonald's jingle) |
| LILYMARLENE | Which popular song was written as a poem by a German soldier in WWI? (4,7) |
| APOSTLES | In the New Testament, a series of books originally written as letters to the early Christians (8) |
| TOMORROW | Song from the musical Annie originally written as Replay (The Way We Live Now) for the 1970 short film Replay |
| OCEANEYES | 2016 song by Billie Eilish which was originally written by her brother Finneas O'Connell for his band: 2 wds. |
| ANSWERME | 1953 number one hit for both David Whitfield and Frankie Laine that was originally written (with German lyrics) as Mutterlein |
| LAYERED | Did You Know? The North American River Otter a.k.a. Lontra Canadensis has a two-___ coat |
| DUODECILLION | Number written as a one followed by 39 zeros, also known as a sextilliard (12) |
| WEBUILTTHISCITY | Starship song written as a lament against the closure of L.A.'s live music clubs |
| MOTHEROFPARLIAMENTS | The ____ was originally a description of England, coined by John Bright in 1865 |
| THANKSGIVING | Festival for which Jingle Bells was originally written |
