| CAROLS | The vehicle is almost sold at Christmas time (6) |
| GOING | Going, _, Gone! cry at auctions means: 'being sold, almost sold, sold!' (5) |
| FIR | Tall evergreen often sold at Christmas tree lots |
| POINSETTIA | Plant often sold at Christmas |
| DECANT | At Christmas time my little one has to pour the wine (6) |
| ROBUST | Though in decay, the vehicle is still strong (6) |
| ASCENT | Whether a mountaineer's scramble or hike up to a neve-capped Alpine sublime, a rising run in the notes of a musical chime or Santa's scale up a chimney at Christmas-time, it's a climb (6) |
| TINSEL | Let sin be put aside at Christmas time (6) |
| SEASON | Christmas-time may be the main issue (6) |
| ELNINO | Meaning "the Christ child" in Spanish, a warm ocean current occurring around the coast of Peru and Ecuador around Christmas-time (2,4) |
| DECREE | Order always coming up after Christmas time (6) |
| SLEIGH | Christmas-time transport? Sounds like murder! (6) |
| EGGNOG | Christmas-time drink, say, before flipping dinner alert? (6) |
| LATCH | It fastens the door in the chapel at Christmas-time (5) |
| TRACTOR | The vehicle is a cart, turning to the right (7) |
| CARJACKED | Was anxious about the sailor when the vehicle is swiped (9) |
| ANNUAL | It often comes out around Christmas time, but it's no everlasting flower! (6) |
| NOEL | No! The French use it at Christmas time (4) |
| YULE | Why you meet the French at Christmas time (4) |
| OPULENT | It's put out at Christmas-time by the wealthy (7) |
