| WIZZARD | English rock band noted for their 1973 song I Wish It Could Be Christmas Everyday (7) |
| SQUEEZE | English rock band noted for their songs Cool For Cats and Up The Junction (7) |
| OJAYS | The ___, U.S. R&B group noted for their 1973 hit Love Train (5) |
| INTHEKEYOFLIFE | Songs ____, album by Stevie Wonder released in 1976 including the songs I Wish and Sir Duke (2,3,3,2,4) |
| SLADE | Group know for their 1973 hit Merry Xmas Everybody (5) |
| EVERY | I Wish It Could Be Christmas ___ Day, Wizzard song released in 1973 (5) |
| HACKNEY | Transport gets chop ___ wish it could be reversed (7) |
| SADLYNO | "I wish it were otherwise" |
| NEWYEAR | We yearn madly for it, and wish it to be happy! (3,4) |
| THEBOSS | What James Brown "paid the cost to be," in a 1973 song |
| ISLANDS | Might be Christmas and Easter kitchen features (7) |
| IFONLY | "I wish it could be!" |
| SIDEWITH | Take part of diet ___ wish it could be different (4,4) |
| WOLFNEVE | ... Looking back on it, I wish it were called "___." A song about actress Campbell howling at the moon would be awesome. |
| DRINK | Eat _ Man Woman, 1994 Ang Lee film - could be Christmas feast (5) |
| LEGAL | "It is _ because I wish it": Louis XIV, the Sun King (5) |
| ANGEL | - Eyes, 2001 Jennifer Lopez film - could be Christmas tree decoration (5) |
| TIS | "___ the Damn Season" (Taylor Swift song that I consider to be Christmas music) |
| RAIN | I Wish It Would ___ Down, hit for 9A (4) |
| NOTABENE | I wish it wasn't a mountain expedition - only at first, mind you |
