| MOTTO | Saying in a Christmas cracker (5) |
| SNAP | Strip in a Christmas cracker that creates a bang; a rolled gingerbread wafer with a whipped cream filling; or, a cold spell (4) |
| PAPERHAT | Coloured headwear contained in a Christmas cracker (5,3) |
| JOKE | Amusing story found in a Christmas cracker (4) |
| JOKES | Short gag about fine Christmas cracker contents (5) |
| PAPER | Material used in crafting to make snowflake decorations, honeycomb baubles, Christmas crackers, doilies, streamers or lanterns (5) |
| PUNIC | Supposedly treacherous Christmas cracker joke — I start to cackle |
| PEACE | All the Plastic Ono Band were saying in 1969, is Give _ A Chance! (5) |
| ADAGE | An old saying in the time of the commercial (5) |
| WISH | Possibly a Christmas cracker to pull thus contains letters on a pencil in red, say? (8) |
| IMHO | "I'm just saying...," in a chat room |
| REWORDING | Saying in a different way |
| IMO | "Just saying" in a text message |
| LIPREAD | See what someone is saying, in a way |
| PULLTOGETHER | Co-operate with instructions on a Christmas cracker? |
| HEY | What every barking dog is actually saying, in a classic "The Far Side" cartoon |
| PROVERBS | Pithy sayings in a Bible book |
| SNAPPER | A photographer, Christmas cracker, turtle or red tropical marine fish who or which characteristically make a sharp sound or a quick bite (7) |
| EGG | Christmas cracker? An all year cracker really (3) |
| BLESSYOU | Saying in reply to a sneeze (5,3) |
