| EVERGREEN | Like the holly and the ivy (9) |
| HYDE | Which Australian composer wrote Christmas Card Fantasy (1955) on the carol The Holly and the Ivy? (4) |
| CAROL | "The Holly and the Ivy," e.g. |
| IVY | "The holly and the ___, When they are both full grown, Of all the trees that are in the wood, The holly bears the crown (3) |
| HEDERA | "The Holly and the (plants of this genus)"! (6) |
| MAYBEBABY | 1958 song by Buddy Holly & The Crickets (5,4) |
| HOLLY | Carol, "The ... and the Ivy" |
| MONO | Like original Buddy Holly and the Crickets recordings |
| OHBOY | 1957-58 hit for Buddy Holly and the Crickets |
| THATLLBETHEDAY | Buddy Holly and the Crickets' nineteen fifty seven hit |
| PEGGYSUE | 1957 hit for Buddy Holly and the Crickets |
| SEA | Hippophae is the buckthorn, while eryngium is the holly (3) |
| ILEX | The holly genus or the holm-oak (4) |
| MALE | Ironically, the gender of the holly cultivar 'Golden Queen' (4) |
| TASTE | The holly variety 'Good ___' is both flavoursome, and a test! (anag) |
| VALENS | Musician killed along with Buddy Holly and 'The Big Bopper' in a 1959 plane crash |
| MATE | South American shrub of the holly family (Ilex paraguariensis) whose leaves and twigs produce a caffeine-rich tea (5,4) |
| YERBA | South American shrub of the holly family (Ilex paraguariensis) whose leaves and twigs produce a caffeine-rich tea (5,4) |
| ILEXES | Plants of the holly genus (6) |
| BEARSABERRY | 'O the holly ___ ___ ___', (carol) (5,1,5) |
