| TRIEDTHETREE | Got ready for Christmas, a la termites? |
| SALAD | At the middle of Christmas a boy gets a cold meal (5) |
| MOUND | Pile, heap - for termites? (5) |
| ABUGSLIFEJACKET | 1998 animated movie about boating safety for termites? |
| CHEWINGTHEDOORS | Good day's work for a termite? |
| FRUMENTY | Once prominent at Christmas, a type of spiced wheat porridge flavoured with cinnamon, currants, nutmeg, saffron, sugar and yolks that was the medieval forerunner of the modern Christmas pudding (8) |
| PARTRIDGE | This gift was given on the first day of Christmas: a ___ in a pear tree |
| ALABAMA | First state to declare Christmas a legal holiday |
| LOVE | Christmas: A Season of ___ 2019 album by Idina Menzel |
| MASADA | Through Christmas, a danger, as Zealots were besieged there (6) |
| GRANULE | Elderly relative mentioned Christmas a little bit |
| IDINA | US singer whose albums include Christmas: A Season |
| MENZEL | US singer whose albums include Christmas: A Season |
| SLEPT | Got ready for a new day, in a way |
| AARDVARKMILNE | Children's-book author who ate termites? |
| PEAR | In The Twelve Days Of Christmas a partridge can be found in this tree |
| TREES | Blue spruce, Norway spruce, Douglas fir or Scots pine: large woody plants decorated at Christmas, a tradition popularised by Prince Albert (5) |
| BANDAID | In 1984, who recorded "Do They Know It's Christmas", a song re-recorded in 2004? (4,3) |
| GATHEREDTOAHEAD | Got ready for action: there's a fly about, a male, eaten by an amphibian (8,2,1,4) |
| SIXSMIDGENS | Two termites = ? |
