| WASSAILING | Ceremony, usually in January, conducted to bless the forthcoming year's 1 across crop (10) |
| KIDDUSH | Communal get-together on shabbat to bless the wine (Hebrew) (7) |
| ALMANAC | Annual type of seasonal guide listing events for the forthcoming year such as farmers' planting dates, astronomical data, tide tables etc (7) |
| JOSEPHBIDEN | He first entered the Senate in 1973--at age 30 years, 1 month, 14 days |
| FIRSTCLASS | Year 1 at school is marvellous (5-5) |
| FITZGERALD | Actress in Brassed Off and the forthcoming film The Runaways (10) |
| PAULMESCAL | Irish actor set to star in the forthcoming (2024) sequel to "Gladiator" |
| CHRISPRATT | He'll voice Mario in the forthcoming "The Super Mario Bros. Movie"; it's a decision that has irked some fans, as the film's director addressed last week |
| CONSECRATE | Bless the Tories and European Commission value (10) |
| GISH | Which Lillian's film career spanned 75 years, one of the longest in the business? (4) |
| AD | In short - Anno Domini - proceeds the date of a specific year (1-1) |
| ADAM | Was he born on 1st Jan, year 1 in the morning? (4) |
| FOMENT | Agitate holy water in the vessel to bless me |
| ORCHESTRASTALL | Cart-horse conducted to stable in theatre (9,5) |
| AGELESS | Unaffected by the years, one may get one's sea-legs (7) |
| DOPETESTS | RIO 2016: They're randomly conducted to ensure athletes are 'clean': 2 wds. |
| AXON | Long thread-like extension of a nerve cell by which outgoing impulses are conducted to adjacent cells (4) |
| HUGHGRANT | Actor in the "Bridget Jones" movies who appeared recently on Seth Meyers' show to promote the forthcoming fourth installment in the series, "Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy" |
| IBHATYI | One Black Cap on Year 1 gets the jacket (7) |
| XRAYED | Looked into beginning to date after kiss on new year (1-5) |
