| Wee winter workers |
New York Times |
24 Dec 2025 |
| North Pole workers |
Thomas Joseph |
23 Dec 2025 |
| Festive helpers |
The Times Concise |
18 Dec 2025 |
| Some characters in "The Hobbit" |
LA Times Daily |
27 Nov 2025 |
| Santa's helpers |
USA Today |
28 Oct 2025 |
| At first, everyone likes very entertaining, silly magical creatures |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
13 Oct 2025 |
| Race in The Lord of the Rings |
The Telegraph Plusword |
02 Oct 2025 |
| Santa's helpers |
Eugene Sheffer |
02 Oct 2025 |
| Fairy relatives |
The Telegraph Mini |
22 Sep 2025 |
| Pointy-eared D&D creatures |
USA Today |
18 Sep 2025 |
| Santa's toymakers |
Newsday |
15 Sep 2025 |
| Santa's helpers |
Commuter |
13 Aug 2025 |
| Santa's crew |
Eugene Sheffer |
22 Jul 2025 |
| Individuals not seeing first supernatural beings |
|
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| Five eels, wriggling playful little creatures (5) |
|
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| Magical race in Middle Earth (5) |
|
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| Good little wrappers |
|
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| Legolas and Galadriel, in "The Lord of the Rings" |
New York Times Mini |
13 May 2025 |
| Santa's helpers |
Commuter |
12 May 2025 |
| Workers known for their sharp ears? |
|
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| Pixies can leave enclaves (5) |
|
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| Fairies |
The Telegraph Quick |
27 Apr 2025 |
| Mum leaves racking to Christmas helpers (5) |
|
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| Tiny supernatural beings |
|
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| Folktale creatures (5) |
|
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| Santa's helpers |
Commuter |
10 Mar 2025 |
| Chanel vests are too much for enchanting creatures (5) |
|
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| Little ones found on most shelves |
|
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| Santa's crew |
Eugene Sheffer |
31 Jan 2025 |
| Imaginary beings |
|
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| Fabled toymakers |
LA Times Daily |
05 Jan 2025 |
| North Pole creatures |
USA Today |
30 Dec 2024 |
| North Pole workforce (5) |
|
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| Speakers of the language Sindarin in "The Lord of the Rings" |
|
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| Santa's helpers |
The Sun Two Speed |
26 Dec 2024 |
| Some twelve-stone sprites |
The Sun Two Speed |
26 Dec 2024 |
| Santa's helpers |
Eugene Sheffer |
25 Dec 2024 |
| Toy builders |
Thomas Joseph |
25 Dec 2024 |
| European is fond of ignoring old folkloric creatures |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
23 Dec 2024 |
| North Pole crew |
Thomas Joseph |
23 Dec 2024 |
| Santa's staff |
New York Times |
17 Nov 2024 |
| Supernatural beings left during day before something's beginning (5) |
|
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| Santa helpers |
|
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| Many D&D characters |
|
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| North Pole workers |
Newsday |
16 Oct 2024 |
| Spirits obtainable in a Channel vessel |
|
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| Santa's helpers |
Commuter |
28 Sep 2024 |
| Santa's helpers |
Commuter |
23 Sep 2024 |
| Keebler workers |
|
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| Santa's helpers |
Newsday |
16 Sep 2024 |
| Santa's helpers |
Commuter |
05 Aug 2024 |
| Sprites in chapel vestry (5) |
|
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| Magical creatures |
|
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| In The Lord of the Rings, the race of Arwen, Legolas, and Galadriel (5) |
|
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| Arctic assistants |
Newsday |
16 Jun 2024 |
| Creatures with pointy ears |
|
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| See, in retrospect, about 55 small people (5) |
|
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| Little magical creatures, like pixies or goblins |
|
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| Legolas et al |
The Telegraph Cross Atlantic |
26 May 2024 |
| Santa's helpers |
USA Today |
13 May 2024 |
| Supernatural folk unravel sleeve endlessly (5) |
|
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| East loves nothing less than such fairylike beings (5) |
|
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| Fairy creatures (5) |
|
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| Santa's workshop crew |
|
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| Santa's helpers |
Commuter |
01 Apr 2024 |
| Trolls out of shelves, not being quiet (5) |
|
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| Galadriel, et al. |
|
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| Santa's helpers |
USA Today |
14 Mar 2024 |
| Seasonal workers understand about very large wheels |
|
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| More than one elver, right out, among supernatural folk (5) |
|
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| Delve silently into hiding place for imps (5) |
|
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| Mischievous dwarfs (5) |
|
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| Santa's little helpers seen in towel vests (5) |
|
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| Model vessel has imps on board (5) |
|
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| Pixie-like creatures (5) |
|
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| Glorfindel and Legolas, e.g. (5) |
|
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| Pixies messing up most of sleeve (5) |
|
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| Workshop helpers |
|
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| Santa's helpers |
Newsday |
12 Dec 2023 |
| Fanciful creatures |
|
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| Where we rank books without leading characters. 'Little Women' maybe ... |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
17 Nov 2023 |
| North Pole workers |
Universal |
21 Oct 2023 |
| Santa's helpers |
The Telegraph Quick |
11 Oct 2023 |
| Residents of Valinor, in "The Lord of the Rings" |
Universal |
21 Aug 2023 |
| Supernatural beings |
The Telegraph Quick |
09 Jul 2023 |
| Santa's helpers? |
The Guardian Quick |
01 Jul 2023 |
| Mischievous fairies |
The Telegraph Quick |
27 Jun 2023 |
| Wrapping crew |
Wall Street Journal |
05 May 2023 |
| Santa's little helpers |
Premier Sunday |
09 Apr 2023 |
| North Pole pixies |
Premier Sunday |
25 Dec 2022 |
| Short seasonal workers who pack up before Christmas? |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
28 Oct 2022 |
| Pole staff |
Wall Street Journal |
19 Oct 2022 |
| Pixies, imps |
The Telegraph Quick |
12 Oct 2022 |
| Rivendell inhabitants |
LA Times Daily |
25 Sep 2022 |
| Magical folk singer taking in Spain instead of Italy |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
03 Jun 2022 |
| Tolkien creatures with pointy ears |
Universal |
24 May 2022 |
| Noted toymakers |
Wall Street Journal |
21 May 2022 |
| Rivendell residents |
Wall Street Journal |
14 May 2022 |
| Pole workers |
Thomas Joseph |
12 May 2022 |
| Sprites |
The Guardian Quick |
25 Apr 2022 |
| Santa's workshop crew |
|
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| "The ___ and the Shoemaker," set of fairy tales collected by the Grimm Brothers |
|
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| North Pole workers |
Thomas Joseph |
20 Dec 2021 |
| Santa's helpers |
|
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| Capricious creatures |
Wall Street Journal |
16 Oct 2021 |
| North Pole toymakers |
|
|
| Snap, Crackle and Pop, e.g |
USA Today |
03 Jun 2021 |
| North Pole employees |
USA Today |
15 Apr 2021 |
| Mythical mischief-makers |
Universal |
14 Apr 2021 |
| Santa's helpers |
Eugene Sheffer |
02 Apr 2021 |
| Fairies showing personalities? Not at first |
|
|
| Fairies of folklore |
Irish Times Simplex |
18 Jan 2021 |
| Pole staff |
Wall Street Journal |
14 Jan 2021 |
| North Pole crew |
Thomas Joseph |
22 Dec 2020 |
| Seasonal aides |
LA Times Daily |
16 Dec 2020 |
| Seasonal aides |
The Washington Post |
16 Dec 2020 |
| Santa's little helpers |
Irish Times Simplex |
02 Dec 2020 |
| Santa's helpers |
The Sun Two Speed |
26 Nov 2020 |
| Some twelve-stone sprites |
The Sun Two Speed |
26 Nov 2020 |
| North Pole workers |
Universal |
12 Oct 2020 |
| Characters in Elder Scrolls video games |
The Washington Post Sunday |
04 Oct 2020 |
| Christmas creatures |
USA Today |
08 Sep 2020 |
| Arctic toymakers |
Newsday |
06 Sep 2020 |
| Keebler crew |
New York Times |
30 Aug 2020 |
| Shoemaker's helpers |
|
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| Tolkien characters |
Newsday |
02 Jul 2020 |
| Polar personnel |
Newsday |
18 Jun 2020 |
| Archery experts in Tolkien novels |
The Washington Post Sunday |
07 Jun 2020 |
| Supernatural beings |
The Times Concise |
08 May 2020 |
| Toymakers in Santa's workshop |
USA Today |
24 Feb 2020 |
| Gnomes |
Canadiana |
20 Jan 2020 |
| Storied toymakers |
|
|
| North Pole workers |
Thomas Joseph |
24 Dec 2019 |
| What the answer to each of the starred clues has |
New York Times |
16 Dec 2019 |
| What the answer to each of the starred clues has |
|
|
| Pointy-eared fantasy creatures |
USA Today |
03 Dec 2019 |
| Fairies |
The Telegraph Quick |
24 Oct 2019 |
| Supposed makers of Keebler cookies |
|
|
| Supposed makers of Keebler cookies |
New York Times |
08 Oct 2019 |
| Sprites |
The Telegraph Quick |
05 Oct 2019 |
| Fabled mischief-makers |
LA Times Daily |
27 Sep 2019 |
| Fabled mischief-makers |
The Washington Post |
27 Sep 2019 |
| Short staff? |
New York Times |
12 Sep 2019 |
| Pole workers |
USA Today |
28 Aug 2019 |
| Sindarin speakers, in Tolkien’s works |
Wall Street Journal |
17 Aug 2019 |
| Keebler mascots |
USA Today |
17 Aug 2019 |
| Some twelve-stone sprites |
|
|
| Santas' aides |
Premier Sunday |
14 Jul 2019 |
| Santa's crew |
Thomas Joseph |
10 Jun 2019 |
| Fairy-like beings |
The Telegraph Quick |
28 May 2019 |
| Santa's helpers |
Newsday |
20 May 2019 |
| Legendary toyshop workers |
|
|
| Santa's little helpers |
Universal |
10 Feb 2019 |
| Pole workers |
Thomas Joseph |
08 Feb 2019 |
| Little people; tall people! (Tolkien) |
The Guardian Speedy |
03 Feb 2019 |
| Short staff? |
|
|
| Santa's little helpers |
|
|
| Pole group |
|
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| Fabled mischief-makers |
|
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| Sindarin speakers, in Tolkien's works |
|
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| Keebler mascots |
|
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| Pole workers |
|
|
| Legolas and Elrond |
Thomas Joseph |
27 Dec 2018 |
| Toy makers at Santa's workshop |
|
|
| Mythical beings |
The Times Concise |
02 Nov 2018 |
| Rivendell residents |
Universal |
22 Sep 2018 |
| Mischievous fairies |
Irish Times Simplex |
08 Sep 2018 |
| Fabled northern workers |
LA Times Daily |
12 Aug 2018 |
| Fabled northern workers |
The Washington Post |
12 Aug 2018 |
| Icelandic lore's Huldufólk, e.g |
The Chronicle of Higher Education |
03 Aug 2018 |
| Dungeons & Dragons characters |
New York Times |
12 Apr 2018 |
| Tricksters quietly breaking ledges |
|
|
| 23-Across doubled? |
Universal |
03 Apr 2018 |
| Rivendell residents, in fiction |
The Chronicle of Higher Education |
30 Mar 2018 |
| Legolas and kin |
Universal |
02 Mar 2018 |
| Tolkien's Celeborn and Galadriel, e.g |
Wall Street Journal |
28 Feb 2018 |
| Sprightly little creatures |
Universal |
21 Feb 2018 |
| Arctic assistants |
Newsday |
09 Feb 2018 |
| Seasonal workers personalities initially ignored |
|
|
| Icelandic lore's Huldufólk, e.g. |
|
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| Rivendell residents, in fiction |
|
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| Dungeons & Dragons characters |
|
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| Fabled northern workers |
|
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| Legolas and kin |
|
|
| Rivendell residents |
|
|
| Sprightly little creatures |
|
|
| 23-Across doubled? |
|
|
| Notably nonunionized workers |
New York Times |
24 Dec 2017 |
| Christmas helpers |
Thomas Joseph |
23 Dec 2017 |
| Evangelist takes off giant workers from North Pole |
Irish Times Crosaire |
02 Dec 2017 |
| Vessel at sea, keeps out small mischief makers |
|
|
| Diminutive fairytale creatures |
Universal |
20 Sep 2017 |
| Munchkins |
New York Times |
28 Feb 2017 |
| Legendary toymakers |
The Washington Post |
31 Jan 2017 |
| Diminutive fairytale creatures |
|
|
| Munchkins |
|
|
| Fabled toy makers |
|
|
| Fabled toy makers |
LA Times Daily |
01 Jan 2017 |
| Notably nonunionized workers |
|
|
| At Christmas they traditionally help themselves? Not half! |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
25 Dec 2016 |
| Subordinate Clauses? |
Wall Street Journal |
22 Dec 2016 |
| Figures from folklore, topless personalities |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
14 Sep 2016 |
| Dungeons & Dragons race |
The Washington Post |
04 Jul 2016 |
| Keebler's crew |
Universal |
24 Jun 2016 |
| Polar drudges |
Universal |
27 Feb 2016 |
| North Pole toymakers |
Newsday |
16 Feb 2016 |
| Dungeons & Dragons race |
New York Times |
29 Jan 2016 |
| Keebler's crew |
|
|
| Dungeons & Dragons race |
|
|
| Busy bunch leading up to Christmas |
Wall Street Journal |
21 Dec 2015 |
| Presley with energy overwhelming island's little folk |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
19 Dec 2015 |
| Santa's crew |
Eugene Sheffer |
20 Nov 2015 |
| Staff at the Pole |
Eugene Sheffer |
10 Oct 2015 |
| Ones wrapping around a pole? |
LA Times Daily |
27 Sep 2015 |
| Diminutive beings |
Universal |
23 Sep 2015 |
| Santa's craftsmen |
USA Today |
29 Aug 2015 |
| Diminutive beings of folklore |
USA Today |
21 Mar 2015 |
| December helpers |
USA Today |
18 Feb 2015 |
| Brownies in chapel vestry |
|
|
| North Pole crew |
USA Today |
26 Jan 2015 |
| 'andles mischievous kids? |
The Telegraph Toughie |
06 Jan 2015 |
| Santa's craftsmen |
|
|
| Santa's helpers |
|
|
| Early Dio band members? |
|
|
| Ones wrapping around a pole? |
|
|
| Busy bunch leading up to Christmas |
|
|
| North Pole crew |
|
|
| Diminutive beings of folklore |
|
|
| December helpers |
|
|
| Diminutive beings |
|
|
| Brownies in chapel vestry |
|
|
| Little folk chopping themselves in half |
|
|
| December helpers |
|
|
| Figures in "Teutonic Mythology" |
|
|
| Dio's first band members? |
|
|
| Toy-making bunch |
|
|
| Keebler commercial characters |
|
|
| Tolkien characters |
|
|
| North Pole workers |
|
|
| Rivendell inhabitants |
|
|
| Youthful creatures of myth |
|
|
| Some Middle-earth dwellers |
|
|
| Santa's subordinates |
|
|
| Keebler crew |
|
|
| Santa's helpers |
|
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| Rivendell inhabitants |
|
|
| Santa's helpers |
|
|
| Shoemaker's helpers |
|
|
| "The Lord of the Rings" race |
|
|
| North Pole workers |
|
|
| Shoemaker's helpers, in a fairy tale |
|
|
| Santa's little helpers |
|
|
| Middle-earth residents |
|
|
| North Pole workers |
|
|
| North Pole workers |
|
|
| Dio's first bandmates? |
|
|
| Middle-earth residents |
|
|
| North Pole crew |
|
|
| Seasonal crew? |
|
|
| Some cobblers of lore |
|
|
| Legendary toymakers |
|
|
| North Pole crew |
|
|
| Keebler staff |
|
|
| Keebler cookie makers |
|
|
| Seasonal crew? |
|
|
| Fairy-tale shoemaker's helpers |
|
|
| Holiday cookie bakers |
|
|
| Keebler staff |
|
|
| Fairy tale figures |
|
|
| Holiday cookie bakers |
|
|
| Cobblers of kiddie lit |
|
|
| Santa's staff |
|
|
| Reindeer caretakers, traditionally |
|
|
| North Pole artisans |
|
|
| Reindeer caretakers, traditionally |
|
|
| Legendary toy makers |
|
|
| Shoemaker's helpers, in a fairy tale |
|
|
| Grimm cobblers |
|
|
| Keebler employees, supposedly |
|
|
| Noted workshop workers |
|
|
| Santa's helpers |
|
|
| Santa's little helpers |
|
|
| North Pole crew |
|
|
| North Pole crew |
|
|
| Munchkins |
|
|
| Santa's little helpers |
|
|
| Dwellers in Middle-earth |
|
|
| Tree dwellers of cookie ads |
|
|
| North Pole assistants |
|
|
| Cookie-making crew of ads |
|
|
| Arctic assistants |
|
|
| Keebler cookie makers |
|
|
| Makers of 38 Across |
|
|
| Pole staff |
|
|
| Santa's subordinates |
|
|
| Pole laborers |
|
|
| Pixies |
|
|
| North Pole helpers |
|
|
| Grimm cobblers |
|
|
| Brownies |
|
|
| Legendary toyshop workers |
|
|
| Shoemaker's staff, in myth |
|
|
| Shoemaker's staff |
|
|
| Pole staff? |
|
|
| Diminutive beings of folklore |
|
|
| Cookie-making crew |
|
|
| North Pole workers |
|
|
| Seasonal helpers |
|
|
| Shoemaker's helpers |
|
|
| Polar drudges |
|
|
| Legendary toyshop workers |
|
|
| Keebler cookie makers |
|
|
| Cookie-making crew |
|
|
| Pole staff? |
|
|
| Tree dwellers of cookie ads |
|
|
| Noted seasonal workers |
|
|
| Tree dwellers of cookie ads |
|
|
| Santa crews? |
|
|
| Noted toymakers |
|
|
| Pole positions are held by them |
|
|
| "The Polar Express" figures |
|
|
| Fairy tale shoemaker's helpers |
|
|
| Seasonal workers |
|
|
| Wee folk |
|
|
| Polar crew |
|
|
| Makers of Chips Deluxe cookies, supposedly |
|
|
| Prankish beings |
|
|
| Keebler crew |
|
|
| Woodland sprites |
|
|
| Magical mischief-makers |
|
|
| Santa crews? |
|
|
| Santa's craftsmen |
|
|
| Polar crew |
|
|
| Santa's little helpers |
|
|
| Wee workers |
|
|
| Fairy tale figures |
|
|
| Garden decorations |
|
|
| Santa's assistants |
|
|
| Leprechaun relatives |
|
|
| Keebler crew |
|
|
| Shoemaker's helpers |
|
|
| Mythological munchkins |
|
|
| Short subjects? |
|
|
| Leprechaun relatives |
|
|
| Mythological munchkins |
|
|
| Brownies |
|
|
| Subordinate Clauses? |
|
|
| Shoemaker's helpers, in a fairy tale |
|
|
| Pixies |
|
|
| Leprechauns |
|
|
| Santa's assistants |
|
|
| Subordinate Clauses? |
|
|
| Diminutive beings |
|
|
| Shoemaker's staff |
|
|
| North Pole workers |
|
|
| Little people |
|
|
| Sprites |
|
|
| North Pole artisans |
|
|
| Santa's subordinates |
|
|
| Sprites |
|
|
| Santa's craftsmen |
|
|
| North Pole personnel |
|
|
| Mythical midgets |
|
|
| Munchkin's cousins |
|
|
| Fairy folk |
|
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| Fairy tale figures |
|
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| Pixies |
|
|
| Ouphs |
|
|
| Nixies and pixies |
|
|
| Legendary North Pole group |
|
|
| "Sprite-ly" creatures |
|
|
| Nixies or pixies |
|
|
| Wee folk |
|
|
| Santa's aides |
|
|
| Goblins |
|
|
| Fairy-tale shoemakers |
|
|
| Kobolds. |
|
|
| Santa's helpers. |
|
|
| Legendary creatures. |
|
|
| Little miracle workers. |
|
|
| Pixies. |
|
|
| Some D&D characters |
|
|
| The little people. |
|
|
| The little men who aren't there. |
|
|
| Brownies. |
|
|
| Little woodland people. |
|
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| D&D race |
|
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| Sprites. |
|
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| Little people. |
|
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