| Helper for Santa |
ELF |
| Hornet's home |
NEST |
| Hue and cry |
ADO |
| Inexact no |
EST |
| It more or less coincides with 2016 on Chinese calendars ... and a hint to this puzzle's circles |
YEAROFTHEMONKEY |
| Jekyll's alter ego |
HYDE |
| Like a 2-2 game |
TIED |
| Like a perfect game |
NORUN |
| Like wolves |
LUPINE |
| Lobster eggs |
ROE |
| Many-headed monster |
HYDRA |
| Memo starter |
INRE |
| Movie disk format |
BLURAY |
| Outfit for the slopes |
SKISUIT |
| Pesto ingredient |
PINENUT |
| Planet attacked in some sci-fi films |
EARTH |
| Potato or rice, e.g |
STARCH |
| Program that sends unsolicited messages |
SPAMBOT |
| Put back to zero |
RESET |
| Ready to admit customers |
OPENFORBUSINESS |
| SADD focus |
DWI |
| Seller's come-on |
FREETRIAL |
| Sign of many an October baby |
LIBRA |
| Skillful |
ADEPT |
| Snickers and Milky Way |
CANDYBARS |
| Springsteen's "Born in the __" |
USA |
| Super-fun party |
BLAST |
| T-bone source |
STEER |
| Tend, as a fire |
STOKE |
| Texter's "Hang on a minute" |
BRB |
| The World Series, e.g |
EVENT |
| Thicken, as cream |
CLOT |
| Thurman of "The Producers" |
UMA |
| TV program breaks |
ADS |
| Vicious of the Sex Pistols |
SID |
| Wait on the phone |
HOLD |
| Walk with difficulty |
PLOD |
| Wine in a straw-wrapped bottle |
CHIANTI |
| Words to an old chap |
ISAY |
