| FROSTY | Snowman in a Christmas song written by Walter "Jack" Rollins and Steve Nelson in 1950 |
| MATTHAU | Walter ---, Jack Lemmon’s The Odd Couple co-star |
| UPON | ___ the House Top Christmas song written by Benjamin Hanby: 2 wds. |
| BATT | "Wombling Merry Christmas", song written by Mike -- (4) |
| CRAZY | Song written by Willie Nelson in 1961 and covered by Patsy Cline |
| YETI | "Snowman" in a fur coat |
| TENOR | Kind of saxophone played by Sonny Rollins and John Coltrane |
| GRIFFINS | Biscuit and snack food manufacturer founded in Nelson in 1864, currently owned by a German company (8) |
| EDS | Political strategist Rollins and others |
| TRAFALGARDAY | 21 October, celebrated by a ceremony at the statue of Lord Nelson in the Bull Ring in Birmingham and elsewhere |
| OLEO | Sonny Rollins song debuted by Miles Davis and performed by John Coltrane |
| LIAR | Actually it really is both an album by Jesus Lizard and a single by The Henry Rollins Band (4) |
| NEWMAN | Brothers Tom and Harry who began coach services in Nelson in 1879, later a major NZ passenger bus company (6) |
| LARRYHAGMAN | JR Ewing in Dallas and Tony Nelson in I Dream of Jeannie (5,6) |
| BEBOPDELUXE | English rock band founded by singer, guitarist and principal songwriter Bill Nelson in 1972 |
| IDRISELBA | Actor who played Stringer Bell in The Wire and Sam Nelson in Hijack (5,4) |
| EXPECTS | Waits for word used by Nelson in a signal |
| BROOM | Neil ....., New Zealand batter who made at unbeaten 109 in the 2nd ODI against Bangladesh in Nelson in 2016 (5) |
| HELLOMARYLOU | This Gene Pitney number was a hit for Ricky Nelson in 1961 (5,4,3) |
| HAGMAN | Captain Anthony 'Tony' Nelson in I Dream of Jeannie was played by Larry ___ |
