| STOCKINGFILLER | Small present, not traditionally placed under the tree |
| GIFTS | Exchanged by the Romans during Saturnalia and Sigillaria, general name for items given "gratis" and traditionally placed under Christmas trees (5) |
| ANTIHERO | Not traditionally a main character, A. N. Other and I get confused ... |
| LAO | Language not traditionally written with spaces between words |
| DEMIMONDE | A set of people who live in ways not traditionally accepted as correct (4,5) |
| SPOON | It's traditionally placed to the right of the knife |
| COROT | French painter of Italian landscapes including The Bridge at Narni, Peasants Under the Trees at Dawn, The Oak in the Valley and Evening on the Lake (5) |
| FIREARMS | The guns make the mares under the tree panic (8) |
| ARIES | Sign traditionally placed first in the zodiac |
| CEDILLA | Character such as that placed under the c in French name Francois that softens the sound from that o |
| CUISINE | Character such as that placed under the c in French name Francois which softens the sound (7) |
| DIP | Tobacco product placed under the lip |
| BRASERO | A heater placed under the table, commonly used in Spain (7) |
| PLANTED | Equipment Ed placed under the ground (7) |
| EDSHEERAN | Singer who recorded the song "Under the Tree" for the 2024 animated film That Christmas (2,7) |
| PYRRHIC | Photo, including unopened Christmas present, not worth the candle (7) |
| AWAY | Not present, not at home (4) |
| NOWONDER | Present, not past, primarily to consider - it's not surprising (2,6) |
| STOCKINGSTUFFER | It's not under the tree |
| RAPT | Delivered like a present under the tree? Thrilled! (4) |
