| CLOGDANCER | Hamper brought by Santa's reindeer for traditional performer |
| SLEIGH | Vehicle pulled by Santa's reindeer (6) |
| OCTET | * Santa's reindeer, for example |
| TEAM | Santa's reindeer, for one |
| MORRISDANCER | Traditional performer: one pulling sledge after car? |
| GEISHA | Traditional performer of a sort |
| STEPDANCER | Raises cats, dogs and reindeer for one of those moved by music (4-6) |
| SELFEMPLOYMENT | Application by Santa's primary little helper for freelance work |
| DASHER | Christmas reindeer for nipper (6) |
| HABERDASHER | That woman's collecting a black reindeer for trader (11) |
| LAKES | Athabasca and Reindeer, for two |
| ELF | Hermey of "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer," for one |
| CLAUDIUS | Emperor's declaration of independence welcomed by Santa's other half (8) |
| TOY | Item produced by Santa's elves |
| REINDEER | Check grass taken back by Santa's helpers (8) |
| SLED | Vehicle on runners drawn by dogs, horses, reindeers for conveying loads or passengers over snow |
| FERRELL | Will, U.S. actor who plays a human raised by Santa's elves in the 2003 comedy film Elf (7) |
| ISLE | Fair-; three miles long and inhabited by around 60 people, a land between Orkney and Shetland noted for traditional knitwear (4) |
| EKKAS | From Sanskrit for "one", a word for traditional Indian one-horse carriages or carts, often with fabric canopies (5) |
| LAMBSTEW | Meek beastly type goes mysteriously west for traditional dish (4,4) |
