| NEGUS | Port with lemon and nutmeg whose variations including smoking bishop, wassail and glogg (5) |
| WASSAIL | Toast to which one would historically reply "drink-hail"; or, mulled punch such as smoking bishop or that traditionally known at Oxford University as "swig" (7) |
| SONG | With examples including In the Bleak Midwinter, Somerset Wassail and John Mason Neale's O Come, O Come, Emmanuel, an aria, chant, hymn, noel, wassail or other such musical composition for choir, chori |
| MUDRA | From the Sanskrit meaning "seal", hand gesture used in yoga or meditation with variations including gyan and prana (5) |
| CLOVES | Dried flower buds, an iconic flavouring in Christmas holiday fare, such as wassail and mincemeat |
| RAGU | Meat-based pasta sauce whose variations include bolognese and napoletana (4) |
| POOL | Cue sport whose variations include killer and rotation (4) |
| ELGAR | Composer whose Variation IX, Nimrod, forms part of the score or soundtrack to the film Dunkirk (5) |
| FLAG | - bread; food with regional variations including chapatti, focaccia, lavash, naan and pitta (4) |
| ROAN | A colour of a horse's coat with variations including bay, blue, red and strawberry; or, a variety of leather used in bookbinding (4) |
| NIGHT | Twelfth -; eve of the Epiphany, traditionally celebrated as the final day of the Christmas festivities with the apple wassail "lambswool" (5) |
| ASSAI | Wassail heartily and very musically (5) |
| NOISE | A clamour or din, such as that of a lively wassail or revelrous party (5) |
| VOICE | Sound produced in spoken communication or sung words; the ability to chant, croon, harmonise, warble or wassail well; a part for a chorister; a mode of utterance; or, a medium of expression (5) |
| SPREE | Wassail |
| FEAST | Wassail |
| REVEL | Wassail |
| CLOVE | Wassail flavor enhancer |
| DRINK | Wassail |
| CAROL | Wassail |
