| BC | The calendar era before the birth of Christ (2) |
| CHOU | Chinese dynasty before the birth of Christ |
| PRENATAL | Before the birth of China, right, Etna erupted internally? (8) |
| HEROD | King of Judea at the time of the birth of Christ (5) |
| BEDE | Theologian who started the custom of dating events from the birth of Christ |
| NATIVITY | Play that tells the story of the birth of Christ (8) |
| ANNODOMINI | Term indicating years numbered from the supposed year of the birth of Christ (4,6) |
| STBEDE | Canonized monk who introduced the custom of dating events from the birth of Christ |
| XMAS | A Christian holiday celebrating the birth of Christ. |
| ISAIAH | Old Testament prophet who foresaw the birth of Christ (6) |
| ANNO | ... Domini, after the birth of Christ (4) |
| NEGATIVITY | Gloom, for example, terminated by the birth of Christ? (10) |
| INUTERO | In a minute, Rotunda interns might describe incident that occurred before the birth |
| AGENCY | Era before New York welcomes in conservative business (6) |
| TIMESNEWROMAN | Era before 1980s stylist loses final twitch in face |
| EOCENE | Exam in era before English, dealing with period long ago |
| VICTORIAN | Era before Edwardian (9) |
| IDES | Eighth day after the nones in the calendar of ancient Rome, falling on the 15th of March, May, July and October and the 13th of the other months (4) |
| MONTH | From the Old English meaning "moon", each of the 12 divisions or lunations of the calendar year (5) |
| JULIAN | Name of the calendar replaced by the Gregorian calendar. (6) |
