| SMATTERING | Material in carol, a small amount (10) |
| NEGUS | Referred to in Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol, a warming drink of port or wine mixed with hot water, lemons, oranges, spices and sugar (5) |
| AWAYINAMANGER | Carol a Wagnerian may want to change (4,2,1,6) |
| COVENTRY | ____ Carol, a traditional lullaby about the Massacre of the Innocents (8) |
| THEHIGHEST | 'Glory to God, in -- --' (carol) (3,7) |
| CARILLON | Fifty joining in in carol with shaking bells (8) |
| CATE | Blanchett who plays Carol in "Carol" |
| CLARION | Trumpet used in carol arrangement |
| SHIVERING | Sign of cold French winter featured in carol? |
| WASSAIL | Make painful sound about donkey in carol-singing (7) |
| ROONEY | Starred opposite Cate Blanchett in Carol (6,4) |
| MARA | Starred opposite Cate Blanchett in Carol (6,4) |
| BLANCHETT | Actress who starred in Carol and Elizabeth, Cate - (9) |
| NOVEL | New verse in carol |
| SAWTHREESHIPS | 'I ___ ___ ___ come sailing in', (carol) (3,5,5) |
| SOMETHING | Satisfied with greeting in Carol's embrace: an indefinable feeling (9) |
| NOEL | Word in carol's original verse is missing |
| CLARIONCALL | Change in Carol with name requiring clear demand for action (7,4) |
| NOWELL | Christmas (in carols) |
| CHORISTER | Person performing in Carols From King's, say (9) |