Related Clues:

• "___ the season . . ."
• "Whether ___ nobler in the mind ..." ("Hamlet")
• '___ better to have loved and lost ...'
• 'America' contraction
• "__ Fideles": Christmas carol
• '-- the season!'
• "That's right," quaintly
• "____ a pity"
• ''__ not so deep as a well'': Shak.
• '___ a dainty thing to command': Cervantes
• "___ better to have loved and lost . . ."
• "Attention!"
• Noel opener
• "... __ an ill cook that cannot lick his own fingers": "Romeo and Juliet"
• '___ the last rose of summer' (start of a Thomas Moore poem)