| Match, as a bet |
SEE |
| Max's opposite |
MIN |
| Mincemeat ___ (Christmas staple) |
PIE |
| Monastery leader |
ABBOT |
| Moves like water around a drain |
SWIRLS |
| Neologism for an on-screen/off-screen relationship |
SHOWMANCE |
| Not more than |
MERE |
| Nutmeg, for one |
SPICE |
| One of a series at a wedding reception |
TOAST |
| One of Benjamin Franklin's certainties |
TAXES |
| Opposite of black-and-white |
COLOR |
| Overly |
TOO |
| Past or present |
TENSE |
| Peruse |
READ |
| Pixar robot |
WALLE |
| R.N.'s special touch |
TLC |
| Resident of Muscat |
OMANI |
| Right jolly ___ elf (Santa) |
OLD |
| River through Paris |
SEINE |
| S.E.C. school near Atlanta, for short |
UGA |
| Santa player in 'Elf' |
EDASNER |
| Santa player in 'Miracle on 34th Street' |
EDMUNDGWENN |
| Santa player in 'The Man in the Santa Claus Suit' |
FREDASTAIRE |
| Santa player in 'The Polar Express' |
TOMHANKS |
| Santa player in 'The Santa Clause' |
TIMALLEN |
| Sheep sound |
BLEAT |
| Show on which John Candy and Eugene Levy got their starts |
SCTV |
| Sitting spot for a child visiting Santa |
KNEE |
| Some of them are proper |
NOUNS |
| Some windshields have them |
TINTS |
| Something sent to Santa |
LETTER |
| Taste or touch |
SENSE |
| Temporary break |
HIATUS |
| Terry Gross's NPR program |
FRESHAIR |
| The year 2001 |
MMI |
| West who said 'I used to be Snow White, but I drifted' |
MAE |
| Winter hrs. in New York |
EST |
| Zinger response |
OHSNAP |
| ___ Tin Tin |
RIN |