| Greenhorns |
NEWBIES |
| Hold |
DETAIN |
| Holiday lead-in |
EVE |
| Homer's neighbor |
NED |
| Jeans material |
DENIM |
| Kingdom |
EMPIRE |
| Kitchen gadget |
CORER |
| Lotion additive |
ALOE |
| Low digit |
ONE |
| Mark and Shania |
TWAINS |
| Prepares for a long fight |
DIGSIN |
| Present day? |
CHRISTMAS |
| Put away |
ATE |
| Sachet scent |
LILAC |
| Santa -- winds |
ANA |
| Skate type |
INLINE |
| Stuck |
LODGED |
| Tad's dad |
ABE |
| Tennyson's '-- Arden' |
ENOCH |
| Toy builders |
ELVES |
| Undermine |
WEAKEN |
| Wails |
KEENS |
| Writer Sontag |
SUSAN |
| Wrong |
AMISS |