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• ___ needs food, badly (Classic line from the video game Gauntlet)

• ___ needs food, badly (classic video game line)

• ___ on the Shelf (Christmas figure)

• ___-child (changeling)

• ___-locks (tangled hair)

• '60s Riley model for Santa's helper

• 11: Ger.

• 2003 Christmas film

• 2003 Christmas movie

• 2003 comedy co-starring Bob Newhart

• 2003 Ed Asner film

• 2003 Ferrell movie

• 2003 film directed by Jon Favreau

• 2003 holiday film

• 2003 holiday flick

• 2003 movie in which Zooey Deschanel sings Baby, It's Cold Outside

• 2003 role for Will Ferrell

• 2003 Will Ferrell film

• 2003 Will Ferrell flick

• 2003 Will Ferrell holiday comedy

• 2003 Will Ferrell holiday flick

• 2003 Will Ferrell movie

• 2003 Will Ferrell title role

• A Midsummer Night's Dream extra

• Aide to Santa

• Annual bag packer found in six of this puzzle's Across answers

• Arctic aide

• Arctic assistant

• Arctic drudge

• Arctic toymaker

• Arctic worker

• Assistant for Santa

• Bernard, in The Santa Clause

• Bit of pole support?

• Brownie

• Brownie ___ (mascot of the Cleveland Browns)

• Brownie, e.g.

• Brownie, for one

• Buddy film?

• Busy December worker

• Character in a Christmas special, often

• Character in children's tales

• Character in the Harry Potter books

• Chips Deluxe baker, in ads

• Christmas carol singer, maybe

• Christmas creature

• Christmas helper

• Christmas movie starring Will Ferrell

• Christmas toymaker

• Claus assistant

• Claus helper

• Claus subordinate

• Common D&D character

• Creature in children's Christmas books

• Curly-shoe wearer

• David Sedaris was one in SantaLand Diaries

• December helper

• Desert owl

• Diminutive being

• Diminutive creature

• Diminutive creature of folklore

• Diminutive seasonal helper

• Diminutive trickster

• Dio's early band

• Dobby or Winky, in Harry Potter

• Dobby, in Harry Potter

• Dungeons & Dragons character

• Dungeons & Dragons figure

• Dungeons & Dragons player option

• Dungeons & Dragons race

• Dwarf

• Dwarflike mischief-maker

• Employee of Santa

• Ernest J. Keebler, for one

• Ernie of Keebler ads

• Ernie of Keebler, e.g.

• Extra in animated Christmas specials

• Extra in The Polar Express

• Fairy

• Fairy kin

• Fairy relative

• Fairy tale creature

• Fairy-tale night worker

• Fairy's cousin

• Fantasy novel character

• Fantasy sprite

• Far North worker

• Ferrell comedy

• Ferrell film

• Ferrell film of 2003

• Figure in Santa's workshop

• Film in which Ed Asner plays Santa

• Folklore being

• Folklore creature

• Folklore sprite

• Fred Claus extra

• Gauntlet character

• Gnome

• Gnome's kin

• Gremlin

• Grimm character

• Grimm shoemaker

• Grimm tale figure

• He has a Pole position

• He wears very little clothing

• Helper in a cold workshop?

• Hobbit ally

• Hobbit's friend

• Hobgoblin

• Holiday hammerer

• Holiday help

• Hop-o'-my-thumb

• Imp

• Impish one

• January unemployment collector?

• Job in The Santaland Diaries

• Jolly old ___ (Santa)

• Keebler baker

• Keebler baker, in ads

• Keebler baker, supposedly

• Keebler character

• Keebler commercial character

• Keebler cook

• Keebler cookie cooker

• Keebler cookie maker

• Keebler employee

• Keebler employee, in ads

• Keebler figure

• Keebler spokesman

• Keebler staffer

• Keebler tree-dweller

• Keebler worker

• Keebler's Ernie, e.g.

• Kobold

• Legendary gift-wrapper

• Legendary mischief-maker

• Legendary nocturnal worker

• Legolas in The Lord of the Rings, e.g.

• Legolas of Middle Earth

• Legolas of Middle Earth, e.g.

• Legolas, for one

• Leprechaun

• Leprechaun relative

• Little being

• Little fellow without owl

• Little green man

• Little guy

• Little help

• Little helper of Santa

• Little holiday helper

• Little mischief maker

• Little one

• Little one of folklore

• Little person

• Little rascal

• Little seasonal helper

• Little toymaker

• Little trickster

• Little troublemaker

• Little worker

• Little wrapper

• Lord of the Rings character

• Lothlorien extra

• Lowly worker?

• Magic forest inhabitant

• Magical being

• Magical creature

• Magical mischief-maker

• Make-believe toymaker

• Many a Lord of the Rings character

• Member of Tolkien's 'Firstborn'

• Middle Earth being

• Middle-earth dweller

• Middle-earth inhabitant

• Middle-earth resident

• Mischief-maker

• Mischief-maker with pointy shoes

• Mischievous being

• Mischievous creature

• Mischievous fairy

• Mischievous imp

• Mischievous kid

• Mischievous little creature

• Mischievous one

• Mischievous pixie

• Mischievous spirit

• Mischievous tyke

• Movie where Will Ferrell played Buddy

• Munchkin

• Munchkin kin

• Mythical prankster

• Night shift worker

• Nixie or pixie

• North Pole aide

• North Pole assistant

• North Pole denizen

• North Pole dweller

• North Pole employee

• North Pole helper

• North Pole hiree

• North Pole peon

• North Pole pixie

• North Pole regular

• North Pole resident

• North Pole resident, presumably

• North pole shop foreman

• North Pole staffer

• North Pole toy maker

• North Pole underling

• North Pole worker

• Northern helper

• Northern laborer

• One in Santa's support group

• One of Ernie Keebler's crew

• One of Santa's helpers

• One of Santa's Little Helpers

• One of Santa's team

• One of the four players in Gauntlet

• One with a Claus in his contract?

• One with a Pole position

• One with a regular pole position?

• One with pointy shoes

• One with pointy-toed shoes

• One with very little clothing

• Ouph

• Peri

• Pixie

• Pixie kin

• Pixieish one

• Pointy shoe wearer

• Pointy-eared one

• Pointy-eared sprite

• Polar assistant

• Polar drudge

• Polar Express extra

• Polar helper

• Polar laborer

• Polar peon

• Polar pixie

• Polar toiler

• Polar toy maker

• Polar worker

• Pole employee

• Pole position holder?

• Pop from Kellogg's, e.g.

• Prankish imaginary being

• Prankster with pointy shoes

• Present wrapper, maybe

• Puck

• Puck, e.g.

• Questor in the video game Gauntlet

• Reindeer feeder?

• Reindeer tender, maybe

• Renowned toymaker

• Rice Krispies' Snap, Crackle or Pop

• Rivendell resident

• Ronnie James Dio's first band

• Santa assistant

• Santa Claus aide

• Santa Claus, for one

• Santa Claus, in the Moore poem

• Santa helper

• Santa s other self

• Santa sidekick

• Santa staffer

• Santa subordinate

• Santa, per Moore

• Santa, to Moore

• Santa's aide

• Santa's helper & '60s Riley model

• Santa's little helper

• Santa's Workshop employee

• Santa's workshop worker

• Seasonal aide

• (folklore) fairies that are somewhat mischievous

• Below 3 kilohertz

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