| ONEOFF | An event or incident that is not repeated (3-3) |
| FLASHINTHEPAN | Phrase denoting a person or thing whose sudden but brief success is not repeated (5,2,3,3) |
| SIDESHOW | Subordinate event or incident (8) |
| ADVERSITY | Unfortunate event or incident (9) |
| RARITY | An uncommon thing or incident (6) |
| ODDITY | Strange thing recalled party song (though not repeated element) |
| UBIQUE | Sacrificing knight for bishop, not repeated everywhere |
| TICKET | Pass entitling the holder admission to an event or a seat on a bus or train, for example (6) |
| OPTICS | The way in which an event or course of action is perceived by the public (6) |
| LAUNCH | The setting in motion of a boat, new project etc; or, an event or party celebrating this (6) |
| TIDING | Announcement of an event or piece of news (6) |
| CAMEOS | Small but significant roles by players in an event or episode. (6) |
| ATTEND | Be present at an event or meeting (6) |
| EFFECT | Butterfly -; chaos theory concept based on how a small change can alter the outcome of an event or the weather (6) |
| INDISCRETION | Blunder or incident is unsettling (12) |
| OMAGH | Principal town of County Tyrone that, in 1998, was the target of an incident that became known as No |
| EPISODES | Instalments of serialised radio or television dramas; or, incidents (8) |
| CHARADE | An event or act that is clearly false (7) |
| NEARTHING | An event or action whose outcome is almost a failure or disaster (4,5) |
| EYEOPENER | An event or situation that proves to be unexpectedly enlightening (3,6) |
