| Christmas warmer |
| Christmas songs |
| Repeatedly bounced around, as sound |
| Loafed around |
| Like St. Nick's "little mouth," in "The Night Before Christmas |
| One who's handy around the house |
| Master Choice grocery store |
| Settler in a drugstore |
| ___ around (wasted time) |
| Cartoon storekeeper |
| Public storehouses |
| After-hours store sign |
| Ammo storehouses |
| Accessory you wear around the waist |
| Advice on finding an adult book store? |
| Ancient storyteller hired by royalty to tell stories in praise of said royalty. Good feedback all around, I think |
| Nights before Christmas and New Year's Day |
| Church storehouse |
| Set one's sights on |
| After following the instructions to make a big one, hint that tells you where to look around to find hidden booty |
| Whatever it takes ... as hinted at in the arrangements of black squares around the circled letters |
| Common sites for Christmas lights |
| Obligation to the company store |
| Christmas decorations |
| Christmas-tree remnant |
| A Christmas-shopping mo. |
| A ___ Moms Christmas" (2017 movie) |
| Animals with "masks" around their eyes |
| Conveyances around the Bay Area |
| 1961 John Updike story set in a grocery store |