| CRUSTED | Like the Christmas mincepies |
| RECIPES | About one hundred mincepies - made from these? (7) |
| PRECISE | To be accurate, about a hundred mincepies would cover it (7) |
| RETOLD | Like the Christmas story, often |
| SEASONAL | Like the Christmas tree business |
| MESSENGER | A herald like the Christmas angel (9) |
| PAGAN | Like the Christmas traditions of decorating trees and hanging mistletoe |
| FORCED | Like the Christmas fowl, as this month's come round (6) |
| CHRISTIE | Agatha ___; author whose works include Hercule Poirot's Christmas, The Adventure of the Christmas Pudding and the play The Mousetrap (8) |
| WENCESLAS | In the Christmas carol, he was the Good King who looked out on the feast of Stephen, when the snow l |
| NICK | The Bad Seed's Cave, the Christmas saint or the old one if it's the Devil |
| TERIPOLO | The Fosters actress who appeared in Hallmark Channel films The Christmas Shepherd and The Christmas Heart: 2 wds. |
| NIGHT | Twelfth -; eve of the Epiphany, traditionally celebrated as the final day of the Christmas festivities with the apple wassail "lambswool" (5) |
| EMERALD | What other name, besides the Christmas green-winged pigeon, is given to the Christmas .... dove of C |
| HOFFMANN | E.T.A. ___; author of The Nutcracker and the Mouse King, the Christmas story that was adapted into a ballet (8) |
| SLEIGH | The one-horse open vehicle in which you might be dashing through the snow in the Christmas song |
| ORIENT | The East - where the three kings came from in the Christmas carol |
| HARDY | Author of the Wessex novels and the Christmas poem The Oxen (5) |
| BACH | Composer who wrote the Christmas Oratorio for the Christmas season of 1734 (4) |
| KURT | ___ Russell, actor who plays Santa in The Christmas Chronicles and its new sequel The Christmas Chronicles: Part Two (pictured) (4) |
