Referring Clues

• Noted workshop chief
• Seasonal visitor
• ___ Rosa, Calif.
• Worker always seen in a suit
• Nick name?
• Stocking stuffer
• List recipient
• One making overnight deliveries
• Holiday visitor
• With 61-Down, a California city
• Dancer director?
• Clement Moore's "right jolly old elf"
• Big bag carrier
• Popular legend of Dutch origin
• Sidewalk ___
• Man with a nice laugh
• ___ Ana (hot wind of Southern California)
• Man in a suit
• A fly-by-night?
• December 25 visitor
• With 15-Across, a California county
• Present presenter
• Man in a red-and-white suit
• Father Christmas
• December drop-in
• Sack toter
• Vixen's master
• Team manager
• With 59-Down, like some winds
• "Ho ho ho" crier
• With 40-Down, seat of Orange County, Calif.
• Recipient of many wish lists
• Producer of a famous laugh
• Owner of eight other answers in this puzzle
• Cupid's boss
• Christmas decoration
• ___ Maria (Columbus's flagship)
• One who flies south in the winter
• Year-end temp
• Seasonal temp position
• Bag carrier
• St. Nick
• One who laughs a lot
• "Ho ho ho" fellow
• Sleigh driver
• Workshop owner of note
• Annual traveler
• December list keeper
• Grinch disguise
• Receiver of lists
• Year-end stocking stuffer
• Northern star?
• Annual sleigh driver
• Blitzen's boss
• He knows if you've been naughty or nice
• North Pole dweller
• "The ___ Clause" (Tim Allen film)
• MEMBER OF THE SET
• Wish list receiver
• ___ Monica, California
• Rooftop visitor
• He delivers gifts in stockings
• He gives gifts in stockings
• ___ Maria
• North Pole resident, briefly
• Rosa or Paula preceder
• Rudolph's master
• Christmas visitor
• Dancer's driver
• 49-Across list recipient
• Flier over 61-Across
• Nick who comes at night
• Present day hero?
• He's very elf-conscious
• Dasher lasher?
• Elf-aware figure
• "Ten times ten thousand years from now, he will continue to make glad the heart of childhood" according to a New York Sun editorial of September 21, 1897
• Christmas list keeper
• Thanksgiving Day parade VIP
• Year-end mall temp
• Christmas letter recipient
• Seasonal temp
• Red suit wearer
• Man in a red suit
• It can precede the first names in six puzzle answers
• Maria or Rosa preceder
• End of the definition
• Year-end list examiner
• One with a pole position?
• Thanksgiving parade VIP
• Mr. Claus
• December temp
• Present-day VIP
• Chimney guy
• With 35 Down, December temp
• North Pole resident
• Elves' boss
• Annual flier
• Denizen of the North
• Dancer's director
• Seasonal traveler
• Annual visitor
• Flying-reindeer owner
• December temp job
• Thanksgiving parade star
• North Pole VIP
• Dancer's manager?
• Billy Bob played him badly
• Dancer's director?
• Cupid's leader?
• Christmas regular
• ___ Monica, Calif.
• It may be with Monica or Clara
• Fe antecedent
• Fe or Catalina
• Hot wind, with 8-Down
• One with a small work force
• Start for Barbara
• Beloved man with a bag
• Man with a small workforce
• Seasonal worker
• A man for one season
• Cupid's master?
• Present-day hero?
• Christmas Eve visitor
• Reindeer pilot
• After 66-Across, participant in a gift-giving activity
• With 45-Across, largest city in California's wine country
• Traveler who carries his own bag
• Pole star
• Seasonal sleigh driver
• Gift deliverer
• Christmas card character
• 12/24 traditional visitor
• "Nick" name that goes with the first names in the grid's six longest entries
• ___ Cruz, CA
• He gets the sack in December
• Comet's guider
• See 3-Down
• He visits once a year
• Rudolph's boss
• ___ Monica, CA
• Dancer's boss
• End of year temp
• Jolly holiday visitor
• One who flies south in the winter?
• Cupid's master
• Sleigh driver of note
• Holiday traveler
• End-of-the-year fat man
• One who's busy the night before opening day?
• Frequent December addressee
• Comet's leader
• Cupid's driver
• Famous package delivery man
• Ana or Barbara start
• Yule visitor
• Honorific for Maria or Ynez
• Year-end visitor
• Pole star?
• Reindeer's boss
• Pole leader
• With 46-Across, California city
• Cupid's boss?
• Christmas Eve traveler
• Kriss Kringle
• Holiday visitor hidden in eight answers in this puzzle
• Seasonal temp job
• Dancer director
• Jolly elf
• Dancer's prompter
• December 24th visitor
• "Jolly old elf" of rhyme
• Part of UCSB
• Wish-list receiver
• Visitor from the North
• With 37-Across, ship of 1492
• See 46-Across
• He's coming to town soon
• With 30-Across, annual visitor
• Annual roof lander
• Present-day personality?
• ___ Rosa
• December addressee
• Gift giver
• Once-a-year visitor
• Holiday attraction at a mall
• Annual wish-list recipient
• Overnight delivery expert
• Present pilot, perhaps
• 12/24 visitor
• Annual toy toter
• Employer of many elves
• Annual fly-by-nighter
• Seasonal cookie eater
• Elf's employer
• See 5-Down
• In verse, "His cheeks were like roses, his nose like a cherry!"
• First name in gift-giving
• Legendary guy traditionally wearing black boots
• Nick working at night?
• ___ Monica Mountains
• Red-suited reindeer driver
• Christmas celebrity
• With 73-Across, seat of Orange County
• Legendary sleigh rider
• Holiday flier
• Kris Kringle
• Christmas drop-in
• With 71-Across, seasonal visitor who'd appreciate being warned about the ends of 20-, 37- and 56-Across
• Saint Nick
• Seasonal gift giver
• Many words in California cities
• Noted gift giver
• Year-end mall worker
• Gifted world traveler?
• Figure of veneration
• Dancer's leader
• Traveler tracked by NORAD
• Toy-toting visitor
• ___ Claus
• Leader of a group of elves
• Flier in red and white
• Preceder of Barbara or Clara
• Noted gift-giver
• Christmas VIP
• Jolly Claus
• Christmas Eve aviator
• Folklore icon
• "Ho ho ho" holiday guy
• Year-end temp job
• Seasonal sack toter
• Annual aviator
• International package deliverer
• Figure at a December party, perhaps
• With 9 Across, Silicon Valley city
• Man with a famous lap
• Answer to "Who wears a long cap on his head?," in song
• Yuletide visitor
• Speaker of the cheer in question
• Deliverer of Christmas packages
• North Pole boss
• Receiver of many letters
• Dancer's master
• Seasonal visitor in pleasant apparel
• December visitor
• Large guy who can fit in narrow spaces
• Bruce Springsteen "___ Ana"
• Everclear "___ Ana Wind"
• Holiday classic "___ Baby"
• Spanish metalers Tierra ___
• Worker in Salvation Army appears as Father Christmas
• Upset when admitting social worker is annual visitor
• North Pole notable
• Present bringer
• Holiday visitor with a famous lap
• With 51-Down, one of three historic ships
• Present day superstar?
• Elf employer
• Seasonal mall worker
• Father Christmas, ___ Claus
• Saint Satan troubled?
• Midwinter gift bringer
• A children's favourite may be followed by Barbara and Monica et al(5)
• Could be Barbara, but if 20 (say) 2
• North Pole addressee
• "I Saw Mommy Kissing ___ Claus"
• With the first parts of 17- and 52-Across and 11- and 25-Down, four California cities
• Grotto resident in pleasant area
• ___ Clara County (Silicon Valley locale)
• Driver of flying reindeer
• Christmas Eve globe-trotter
• "Ho, ho, ho!" guy
• North Pole letter recipient
• Dasher's boss
• Dasher's driver
• Holiday party figure, perhaps
• Yuletide character
• Christmas character
• First word in many California city names
• Hoer?
• "Ho ho ho" speaker
• Stocking stuffer?
• Recent annual visitor
• Red-and-white hat wearer
• Is he especially saintly to Spanish children?
• He's very elf-reliant
• General ___ Anna
• One-night-a-year flier
• Reindeer reinsman
• Red-suited December traveler
• December sleigh driver
• Donald Duck persona in "Toy Tinkers"
• Nick working at night?
• Gift list addressee
• With 45-Across, hot winds
• December letter recipient
• Reindeer reins holder
• Imminent arrival primarily seen as not too athletic
• Start of many California city names
• Seasonal mall temp
• Seasonal mall hiree
• Yuletide home invader
• December mall figure
• A foreign saint
• Mrs. Claus' mister
• Children's favourite sometimes said to cruise
• Unpaid seasonal deliveryman?
• Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer's recruiter
• Bearded mall temp
• Chimney swooper?
• “Smooth” guitarist Carlos
• Red-and-white suit wearer
• Once-a-year aviator
• St. Nicholas, to some
• Noted sleigh rider
• He goes down chimneys
• Sight at the end of the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade
• Air traveler in early winter
• "Ho, ho, ho" big man
• Figure that goes through the roof in December?
• Target of a NORAD flight tracker
• One who laughs "Ho, ho, ho!"
• ___ Ana
• Noel notable
• "Ho, ho, ho" dude
• Nick name?
• Seasonal delivery driver?
• Comet controller?
• He makes a list and checks it twice
• Seasonal sleigh rider
• Fall mall hiree
• Name following "secret" or "mall"
• Who actually lives in Lapland, some say
• Certain list recipient
• Secret ___
• Ed Asner role in 2003's "Elf"
• Gift-bringer with a naughty list
• With 65-Across, seat of California's Orange County
• He has a toy shop at the North Pole
• Jolly man in red
• His address is 123 Elf Road, North Pole, 88888
• One getting credit for seasonal gifts
• Noted seasonal worker
• With 45-Down, West Coast racing venue
• Recipient of many lists
• With 121-Down, seat of California's Orange County
• Holiday figure with a belt
• "Ho-ho-ho" yeller
• Jolly December visitor
• "___ Fe"
• "___ Baby" (Christmas song)
• Noted coal provider
• Ed Asner's "Elf" role
• Figure on the last float in the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade
• NORAD tracking target
• Seasonal inflatable
• Mall ___ (certain seasonal worker)
• Jolly Yuletide figure
• North Pole bigwig
• ___ Monica Pier