| HEROD | King of Judea at the time of the birth of Christ (5) |
| NATAL | Of the birth of the boys (5) |
| ANNODOMINI | Term indicating years numbered from the supposed year of the birth of Christ (4,6) |
| NATIVITY | Play that tells the story of the birth of Christ (8) |
| REFER | Pairs. There are two places in the grid where each pair can be inserted -either is correct. For example, alternate letters in ATTEST and STREET are the same (aTtEsT and sTrEeT). One unnumbered solutio |
| PILATE | Pontius -, Roman administrator in Judea at the time of Christ (6) |
| STBEDE | Canonized monk who introduced the custom of dating events from the birth of Christ |
| BEDE | Theologian who started the custom of dating events from the birth of Christ |
| BC | The calendar era before the birth of Christ (2) |
| GENEVA | The United Nations, with its headquarters in this Swiss city, is celebrating the centenary of the birth of Dag Hammarskjold, its Secretary-General from 1953 to his death in 1961 |
| NATIVITYPLAYS | Dramatic representations of the birth of Jesus (8,5) |
| AJA | Actress ___ Naomi King of The Birth of a Nation |
| HERODTHEGREAT | King of Judea who ordered the Massacre of the Innocents so as to kill the infant Jesus (5,3,5) |
| XMAS | A Christian holiday celebrating the birth of Christ. |
| ISAIAH | Old Testament prophet who foresaw the birth of Christ (6) |
| NEGATIVITY | Gloom, for example, terminated by the birth of Christ? (10) |
| 1948 | Year of the birth of the NHS |
| BOTTICELLI | Italian painter of The Birth of Venus, d. 1510 (10) |
| THREETIMESALAD | Doctor's description of the birth of triplet sons? |
| NATE | _ Parker, director, writer and star of The Birth Of A Nation (4) |
