| Present occasion, informally | 28 |
| Present day, for short? | 23 |
| Present day, for short | 22 |
| Present day, briefly | 20 |
| Opening night? | 14 |
| Noel briefly | 13 |
| Lennon/Ono's "Happy ___ (War Is Over)" | 52 |
| John Lennon's "Happy ___ (War Is Over)" | 53 |
| Huge mall event, for short | 26 |
| Holiday shorthand | 17 |
| Holiday shortening | 18 |
| Holiday season, for short | 25 |
| Holiday season briefly | 23 |
| Holiday about a month after Turkey Day | 38 |
| Gift time, briefly | 18 |
| December high point | 19 |
| December ad word | 16 |
| Dec. noun | 9 |
| Christmas, in a way | 19 |
| Busy time for Hallmark | 22 |
| Big e-tailing season | 20 |
| $hopping season? | 16 |
| "Do not open till ___" | 32 |
| ''Do not open til ___'' | 39 |
| Quick seasonal greeting? | 24 |
| Short holidays? | 15 |
| Short winter holidays? | 22 |
| Retail megaevents, for short | 28 |
| Present times, casually | 23 |
| Opening days? | 13 |
| Wassail or eggnog, e.g. | 23 |
| Trimmed holiday item, for short | 31 |
| Seasonal evergreen, in brief | 28 |
| It may take a stand, briefly | 28 |
| Holiday purchase, informally | 28 |
| Dec. purchase | 13 |
| December purchases | 18 |
| Marvel Comics group | 19 |
| Marvel superheroes | 18 |
| Marvel Comics heroes | 20 |
| Comics superheroes | 18 |
| Wolverine's group | 21 |
| Marvel Comics superheroes | 25 |
| Marvel Comics mutants | 21 |
| Comics superhero group | 22 |
| Wolverine's pack | 20 |
| Superheroes battling the evil Magneto | 37 |
| Storm, Cyclops and others | 25 |
| Stan Lee superheroes | 20 |
| Marvel-ous heroes? | 18 |
| Marvel heroes | 13 |
| Magneto's superhero enemies | 31 |
| Cyclops' pack | 17 |
| Comic-book superheroes | 22 |
| "Uncanny" superhero team | 34 |
| "___: First Class" (2011 movie) | 41 |
| "___: First Class" | 28 |
| Wolverine, Rogue, et al. | 24 |
| Wolverine, Cyclops and others | 29 |
| Wolverine and co. | 17 |
| Superheroes of comics | 21 |
| Superheroes including Gambit and Wolverine | 42 |
| Superhero group | 15 |
| Storm's supergroup | 22 |
| Storm, Wolverine, et. al | 24 |
| Storm, Angel, Wolverine, etc. | 29 |
| Some Marvel heroes | 18 |
| Rogue's compatriots | 23 |
| Rogue team | 10 |
| Rogue group? | 12 |
| Professor Charles Xavier's band of mutants | 46 |
| Mutants of Marvel Comics | 24 |
| Mutant superheroes co-created by Stan Lee | 41 |
| Mutant superhero team | 21 |
| Mutant superhero group of comics | 32 |
| Mutant superhero group | 22 |
| Mutant heroes of modern comics | 30 |
| Mutant cartoon superheroes | 26 |
| Mutant battlers of the Brotherhood of Mutants | 45 |
| Movie featuring Magneto | 23 |
| Marvel mutants | 14 |
| Marvel Comics supergroup | 24 |
| Marvel Comics series | 20 |
| Marvel Comics crew | 18 |
| Marvel Comics comic | 19 |
| Marvel characters | 17 |
| Magneto's foes | 18 |
| Magneto's adversaries, in comic books | 41 |
| Magneto, Wolverine, and Magma | 29 |
| Heroic mutants of comic books | 29 |
| Group that includes Wolverine, Cyclops, and Storm | 49 |
| Group that battles Magneto | 26 |
| Cyclops, Wolverine, et al. | 26 |
| Cyclops and Wolverine, e.g. | 27 |
| Cyclops and Nightcrawler, e.g. | 30 |
| Cyclops and Beast, e.g. | 23 |
| Comics foes of Magneto | 22 |
| Comic superheroes | 17 |
| Comic characters since 1963 | 27 |
| Comic book supergroup | 21 |