| VESPER | (2) Of the evening |
| ROCKET | The herb arugula; a firework; the rising of a game bird when flushed; or, with "sweet", dame's-violet or mother-of-the-evening with nightscented honesty-like blooms (6) |
| DUSKY | The colour of the evening sky on the fourth of July? (5) |
| GRAINY | The sand, by the end of the evening, is wet (6) |
| HESPERUS | Son of the dawn goddess Eos and a personification of the Evening Star (8) |
| OSSEO | 'Son of the Evening Star' in Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's epic 1855 poem The Song of Hiawatha |
| EASING | When I visited Newdowns Head, the sea was really rough, but by the end of the evening it was becoming less severe (6) |
| EVE | The First Lady is to be seen at the start of the evening |
| ORIGINAL | Master playing Largo No. 2 in the middle of the evening |
| KOLNIDREI | An Aramaic declaration recited in the synagogue before the beginning of the evening service on every Yom Kippur |
| HOAGYCARMICHAEL | Jazz-pianist, singer and composer of such songs as Stardust and In The Cool, Cool, Cool Of The Evening (5,10) |
| ADAIR | "In the Blue of the Evening" lyricist Tom |
| MAINEVENT | Final boxing match of the evening: 2 wds. |
| DINNERTIME | The time of the evening meal (10) |
| NIGHTJAR | A bird needs a pint at the end of the evening (8) |
| TURTLE | 'Soup of the evening, beautiful soup!' sang the Mock ... to Alice (in Wonderland) |
| SERIES | Model rises around start of the evening for the regular soap opera (6) |
| STARTINGPINTS | Items you indulge in at the beginning of the evening pub crawl? |
| OVERDUE | Devour butcher at the start of the evening for being late (7) |
| SWEET | We set it out at the end of the evening meal (5) |
