| NOVELISTS | Writers of English in the catalogues a month before Christmas? |
| WEIR | Author of English lyrics of "O Canada" |
| IBSEN | Writer of English, initially, surrounded by broken nibs (5) |
| CONCOCT | Plot emerging from Tory clubs two months before Christmas (7) |
| ENTERTHELISTS | Take part in the tourney put in the catalogues! (5,3,5) |
| LISTS | Take part in the tournaments put in the catalogues (5,3,5) |
| ENTER | Take part in the tournaments put in the catalogues (5,3,5) |
| THE | Take part in the tournaments put in the catalogues (5,3,5) |
| EQUAL | Match Head of English in the role of Lear, primarily |
| ABSCONDS | Hides away from the law second absence of English in the ratings (8) |
| BROKEN | Fractured sort of English in the Marianne Faithfull song |
| CALAIS | Port that was the last of the territory won by the English in the Hundred Years' War to be regained by the French |
| LISTED | In the catalogue, there's a song about a saint (6) |
| MANIFESTO | *Earlier this month, Italy's prime minister supported a new bill banning the use of English in official communications; this English word meaning "strong statement of beliefs" comes from Italian, as d |
| CRECY | Village in France; scene of a 1346 victory by the English in the Hundred Years' War (5) |
| NORMANS | Opponents of the English in the Battle of Hastings (7) |
| LAPIDARIST | Jeweller making a rapid alteration in the catalogue (10) |
| LISZT | He composed the last letter in the catalogue |
| LIST | There is a salvage in the catalogue (4) |
| OTISREDDING | American soul singer who died in a plane crash a month before his biggest hit, (Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay, was released |
