| STORMSURGE | In early December 2013, Cyclone Xaver produced a ____ on British coasts described as the worst in 60 years |
| THESOUNDOFMUSIC | NBC live production of December 2013 |
| NADIR | Purge one recalled as the worst time |
| BALLAN | Colourful fish, common around British coasts (*as well as bran) (6,6) |
| WRASSE | Colourful fish, common around British coasts (*as well as bran) (6,6) |
| SILENTNIGHT | Popular Christmas carol composed by Franz Xaver Gruber in Austria in 1818 (6,5) |
| BLENNY | A small, spiny-finned fish that frequents British coasts (6) |
| HAAR | Mist on northeastern British coasts |
| WINTERHALTER | Franz Xaver ___, German painter born in 1805 noted for his royal portraits |
| COHABIT | "It follows [...] that the best men must ____ with the best women in as many cases as possible and the worst with the worst in the fewest." (Plato) |
| DRED | ___ Scott v. Sandford (1857 decision widely regarded as one of the worst in the history of the Supreme Court) |
| DECENT | Seemly appearance in early December on the Net |
| CRIMINOLOGIST | Is always looking for the worst in people, as wants to know why one would want to rob Peter to pay P |
| PESSIMUSDIES | A day of ill omen, the worst in fact |
| RAPID | Quick to observe the pair in early December (5) |
| SECEDED | Planted the seed in early December and became withdrawn (7) |
| TROSSACHS | The -; often described as the Highlands in miniature, a wooded valley immortalised in Sir Walter Scott's The Lady of the Lake (9) |
| LASTWORDS | Dying remarks bring out the worst in boys (4,5) |
| SUCKY | Just the worst, in slang |
| BANDIT | They play together and it brings out the worst in him |
