| WIDOW | Word with 'merry' or 'black' |
| MAKER | Ending with merry or mischief |
| JOLLY | Word, thought to stem from the name of the mid-winter feast or festival "Yule", for "cheerful, delightful, merry"; or, a happy celebration or party (5) |
| REAGI | From the French for "to laugh", a word used to mean cheerful, chuckling, merry or smiling; or, of a landscape, delightful to the view (5) |
| RIANT | From the French for "to laugh", a word used to mean cheerful, chuckling, merry or smiling; or, of a landscape, delightful to the view (5) |
| GERRYMANDERS | Rearranges land in gardens with merry abandon (12) |
| MORNINGPRAYER | Matins, with merry organ playing? Nip out! (7-6) |
| ALEXANDER | Porter cross with merry couple is a great man |
| HAPPY | From Middle English for "chance, fortune, luck", a word meaning blithe, cheerful, felicitous, glad, joyous, merry or slightly drunk (5) |
| UPTIGHT | Cheerful and merry or anxious |
| ELFIN | Small and charmingly spritely, merry, or mischievous. (5) |
| GAY | Merry or happy |
| LALLEGRO | Italian expression for the merry or cheerful man (8) |
| BEANFEAST | Merry or festive occasion (9) |
| REMARRY | Link up again with merry drunk swallowing a final beer (7) |
| SLADE | Group who had a No 1 with Merry Xmas Everybody (5) |
| FAIRYGODMOTHER | She acts benevolently in good faith with merry disposition (5,9) |
| LEOPARD | A large African or Asian feline with either a black-spotted, yellowish fawn or black coat / panther |
| SOX | Word with White, Red, or Black |
| LIST | Word with back or black |
