| MATCHINGPJS | Some Xmas card attire or a hint to 18,23, 37, and 48ac |
| ROBIN | Popular Xmas card bird (5) |
| ILLSEEYOU | and 48ac, Well-known song by Sir Noel Coward from his 1929 operetta Bitter Sweet |
| SPAGHETTI | And 48ac, Pasta dish (9,9) |
| JONES | & 48ac Host of Fair Go (5) |
| POSTULATED | Assumed union delayed date on Xmas cards? |
| DRESS | Noun for personal attire or a frock that, as an adjective, means apply vinaigrette to salad, prepare poultry, prune a tree, style the hair or tie a fly (5) |
| SHEEN | Lustre; a poetic word for splendid or glistening attire; or, a thin slick of oil on the surface of water (5) |
| FINERY | "Bravery, gallantry" reflected in expensive clothes, ostentatious decor or rich attire; or, a hearth for purifying (6) |
| HABIT | Word for apparel, attire or dress originally, later mental constitution; or, a settled disposition or custom (5) |
| GARB | Distinctive attire or costume; clothes generally; fashion of dress; or, figurative guise or semblance (4) |
| REDRIDINGHOOD | Fairy tale attire, or Marxist mobster in a getaway car |
| GREENERY | Frenchman turning up in sombre attire or something naturally colourful? |
| ORNATUI | Fine attire or adornment, dat. sing. 4th decl. |
| SEVER | Cut off some Xmas eve revelry (5) |
| LEDS | Some Xmas bulbs |
| NEWSY | Like some Xmas letters |
| BERNINI | see 48ac, Italian sculptor and architect whose works include the Baldacchino over the high altar of St Peter's Basilica in Rome |
| MALIN | 1dn area between 48ac and 54dn (5) |
| DERMOT | Shown, with-48ac. "My Best Friend's Wedding" star |
