| Just-prior times | 16 |
| Intros to holidays | 18 |
| Important nights | 16 |
| Holidays, almost | 16 |
| Holiday predecessors | 20 |
| Holiday periods | 15 |
| Holiday highlights | 18 |
| Holiday beginnings | 18 |
| Holiday antecedents | 19 |
| Halloween et al. | 16 |
| Gift-wrapping times | 19 |
| First mother's namesakes | 28 |
| Festive times | 13 |
| Festive nights, often | 21 |
| Festive harbingers | 18 |
| Festive days, often | 19 |
| Evenings, to Emerson | 20 |
| Evenings, poetically | 20 |
| December 31 et al. | 18 |
| December 24 and December 31, notably | 36 |
| December 24 and 31, notably | 27 |
| December 24 and 31, e.g. | 24 |
| Dec. 24, Dec. 31, etc. | 22 |
| Dec. 24 and Dec. 31 | 19 |
| Dec. 24 and 31, e.g. | 20 |
| Days called nights | 18 |
| Days before special days | 24 |
| Days before big events | 22 |
| Day followers, in want ads | 26 |
| Day enders | 10 |
| Cusps | 5 |
| Busy travel days | 16 |
| Before nights | 13 |
| Auspicious nights | 17 |
| Arden and Merriam | 17 |
| Arden and Christmas | 19 |
| Arden and others | 17 |
| Arden and namesakes | 20 |
| Anxious times for some | 22 |
| After-work times, in classifieds | 32 |
| After-dark times, in ads | 24 |
| After 6 p.m., in ads | 20 |
| Actress Arden et al. | 21 |
| Abbr. after some telephone numbers | 34 |
| A couple of December days | 25 |
| 12/24 and 31 | 12 |
| 12/24 and 12/31, e.g. | 21 |
| "___ Diary" (Mark Twain short story) | 46 |
| "___ Bayou" (Samuel L. Jackson film) | 46 |
| "___ Bayou" (1997 Samuel L. Jackson film) | 51 |
| "___ Bayou" (1997 movie) | 34 |
| "__ Diary" (Twain book) | 33 |
| " . . . flies on summer ___": Keats | 45 |
| ''___ Bayou'' (1997) | 36 |
| ''___ Bayou'' (1997 movie) | 42 |
| ''__ Diary'' (Twain book) | 41 |
| “___ Diary” (Mark Twain story) | 38 |
| Perrier rival | 13 |
| Poland Spring competitor | 24 |
| Aquafina rival | 14 |
| Perrier competitor | 18 |
| Lake Geneva spa | 15 |
| Aquafina competitor | 19 |
| Aquafina alternative | 20 |
| Spa on Lake Geneva | 18 |
| Fiji rival | 10 |
| Water brand | 11 |
| Perrier alternative | 19 |
| Lake Geneva resort | 18 |
| Fiji competitor | 15 |
| Water from France | 17 |
| Town on Lake Geneva | 19 |
| Bottled water from France | 25 |
| Big name in bottled water | 25 |
| Water brand that's an insult to the buyer when spelled backwards | 68 |
| Spa at Lake Geneva | 18 |
| smartwater rival | 16 |
| Resort on Lake Geneva | 21 |
| Lake of Geneva resort | 21 |
| Kind of mineral water | 21 |
| French spa town | 15 |
| Fiji alternative | 16 |
| Brand whose logo features three peaks | 37 |
| Big bottled water brand | 23 |
| ___-les-Bains, French spa | 25 |
| ___- les-Bains | 14 |
| Water choice | 12 |
| Water brand with three peaks in its logo | 40 |
| Water brand that spells another word backwards | 46 |
| Water brand that spells an uncomplimentary word in reverse | 58 |
| Water bottler | 13 |
| Town on Lake Geneva opposite Lausanne, Switzerland | 50 |
| Spring water brand | 18 |
| Spring setting in Europe | 24 |
| Spa town on Lake Geneva | 23 |
| Spa in France's Haute-Savoie department | 43 |
| Spa famous for its water | 24 |
| Resort, for short | 17 |
| Resort known for its mineral waters | 35 |
| Naive, backward and French? | 27 |