| BOOKTOKEN | Get a ticket for Kenneth too, say before he gets this for Christmas? (4,5) |
| EARLY | Post this for Christmas? (5) |
| EGGBOUND | Bar gets this for beggar that's like a frustrated bird (3-5) |
| TRADES | Gets this for that |
| STAGNIGHT | Party held for a man before he gets married (4,5) |
| ROASTLAMB | Serve this for Christmas dinner, or revert to a salt-treated mushroom kebab in the end (5,4) |
| RAINCHECK | Driving mist engulfing Scots isle, ultimately one gets a ticket for later |
| TOOTHACHE | Chewing hot taco, he gets this pain |
| ONTHENILE | Next cinematic case for Kenneth Branagh's Hercule Poirot (5,2,3,4) |
| DOUBLEPARK | Get a ticket for this phoenix by two perhaps (6-4) |
| DOUBLEPARKING | Getting all your darts in 20 tops? You will get a ticket for this (6,7) |
| RUMBUTTER | Odd bishop, say, producing sauce for Christmas? |
| EIGHTY | You might get a ticket for doing this |
| STAGDO | A party held for a bachelor before he gets married, usually only for men (4,2) |
| MISTLETOE | Stole time off - for Christmas? (9) |
| CENTEROFTHEROAD | You might get a ticket for driving here |
| UTURN | You might get a ticket for one |
| TWOHOURS | Ours too, say with a twist, is twice as long as our one, say with a twist (3,5) |
| OVERHEAR | Catch a number of balls before he gets a run (8) |
| BOOKSHOP | Gets a ticket for over-16 at The Works, for example (8) |
