| OAKAPPLEDAY | Anniversary of the Restoration, May 29 (3-5,3) |
| THOMASOTWAY | English dramatist of the Restoration period; The Orphan (1680), Venice Preserved (1682) etc. (6,5) |
| REMEMBRANCE | November: Anniversary of the First World War armistice, ___ Day |
| OAKAPPLE | --- Day, May 29 in England, formerly a holiday commemorating the restoration of the monarchy (3,5) |
| DRYDEN | Leading writer of the Restoration period, the first to officially hold the title of Poet Laureate (6) |
| CONGREVE | William ---, English playwright and poet of the Restoration who influenced the comedy of manners genre (8) |
| WILLIAMCONGREVE | English playwright of the Restoration period; Love for Love (1695) |
| APHRA | ____ Behn, female English poet of the Restoration period (5) |
| RATIO | A proportion of the restorations (5) |
| LEMASS | Who was taoiseach at the time of the commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the Easter Rising in 1966? (6) |
| DIPLOMAT | The International Day of ____s takes place on the anniversary of the foundation of the UN |
| ARMISTICEDAY | The anniversary of the signing of the truce that ended World War I, now kept on Remembrance Sunday (9,3) |
| REMEMBRANCEDAY | Anniversary of the end of the First World War (11,3) |
| EIGHTIETH | The ____ anniversary of the formation of the SAS is in July |
| STPATRICKS | March: Anniversary of the death of the "Apostle of Ireland," ___ Day |
| LADYDAY | Anniversary of the Annunciation of the Virgin Mary (4,3) |
| PLINTH | Chalk stone used in the restoration of East Anglian historic buildings, the name of which is used by Farrow & Ball for one of their neutral colours (6) |
| WALNUT | Tree in the genus Juglans whose timber was England's most-prized variety for furniture-making from the Restoration until the introduction of mahogany in the 18th century (6) |
| EVEREST | New Zealand climber Edmund Hillary, accompanied by Sherpa Norgay Tenzing, climbed to the summit of this mountain on May 29, 1953 |
| EDMUND | New Zealand climber ... Hillary, accompanied by Sherpa Norgay Tenzing, climbed to the summit of Everest on May 29, 1953 |
