| PECKINGORDER | Measure of importance under the mistletoe? |
| KISSES | Touching displays of affection under the mistletoe? (6) |
| CARESSED | Showed touching affection under the mistletoe? (8) |
| KISSING | Making slight contact under the mistletoe? (7) |
| GLADE | Maker of Under the Mistletoe candles |
| KISS | An oral Christmas greeting under the mistletoe (4) |
| EGGNOGS | Drinks under the mistletoe |
| KISSERS | Those under the mistletoe |
| JAMES | Author of the Adam Dalgliesh novels and unrelated short stories including The Mistletoe Murder and The Twelve Clues of Christmas (5) |
| BUSHEL | Noel, half cut, under cluster of mistletoe? A few pecks wanted |
| OKLAHOMA | U.S. state whose state flower is the mistletoe (8) |
| UNDER | Justin Bieber song, - the Mistletoe (5) |
| PARASITIC | Like mistletoe? Patricia's going out for it (9) |
| ISTLE | Can one get a valuable fibre from mistletoe? (5) |
| YANKEE | Bet you all need kissing for starters, close to mistletoe? Ecstasy! (6) |
| GATE | Gives walkers access to a field - good place for mistletoe? (7,4) |
| ORCHARD | Garden for the cultivation of fruit, sometimes with flourishing mistletoe due to the presence of wild apple trees (7) |
| IVY | Said since pagan times to be the "female" counterpart of the "male" evergreen Ilex aquifolium, the woody climber Hedera helix, used as festive foliage with eucalyptus, mistletoe, spruce and other gree |
| STELIS | Genus of the orchid family whose name derives from the Greek word for mistletoe (6) |
| STANNARD | Artist of the Norwich School whose seasonal paintings include Christmas Table, Still Life with Holly and Mistletoe, Basket of Oranges and Christmas Fruit and Nuts (8) |
