| RUDOLFH | Reindeer who is not mentioned in an 1823 poem A Visit From St Nicholas (7) |
| DONNER | Seventh named reindeer in the 1823 poem A Visit From St Nicholas by Clement Clarke Moore (6) |
| BEFORE | The first line of the 1823 poem A Visit From St Nicholas, "Twas the night _ Christmas" (6) |
| SVEN | Reindeer who is Kristoff's companion in the Frozen animated film series (4) |
| PRANCER | Third named reindeer in the 1823 poem 'Twas The Night Before Christmas' (7) |
| CUPID | Santa reindeer who partnered Comet (5) |
| SKIRRET | Sium sisarum, a root formerly eaten in Britain, but not mentioned in nineteenth-century or later recipes |
| GOUGING | Although not mentioned in the laws of either code, ____ is seen as one of rugby's most heinous acts |
| OREGANO | Herb not mentioned in "Scarborough Fair" |
| LEPANTO | Described in a G. K. Chesterton poem, a 1571 battle resulting in the Holy League victory over the Ottoman fleet (7) |
| DANCER | The second reindeer mentioned in the poem A Visit from St Nicholas |
| VIXEN | Fourth named reindeer in the 1823 Clement Clarke Moore poem 'A Visit from St. Nicholas' (5) |
| DASHER | Plunger in a butter churn; boards of an ice hockey rink; or, one of the reindeer in Clement Clarke Moore's poem A Visit from St . Nicholas (6) |
| RIMBAUD | French writer of the 1873 poem A Season in Hell (7) |
| RONDEAU | Poem a chap finally read on water in france (7) |
| REINDEER | Sleigh-pulling animal in the poem A Visit from St. Nicholas - Dasher, Dancer, Prancer, Vixen, Comet, Cupid, Donner or Blitzen (8) |
| TWAS | First word in the poem "A Visit From St. Nicholas" |
| MOORE | Scholar whose poem A Visit from St Nicholas names Santa Claus's reindeer and captures the anticipation of the night before Christmas (5) |
| LYRICAL | Poem a learner concluded was songlike (7) |
| UNNAMED | Without a title was not mentioned (7) |
