| DECIPHERED | At the start of a month, before bored doctor made out (10) |
| SEPTIC | Cold after the start of a month is rotten (6) |
| DIASTEMA | Doctor made out it's a funny gap in the teeth |
| DRILLED | Bored doctor, the Italian went first (7) |
| DECATHLETE | A month before, let in the sportsman (10) |
| DNASAMPLES | Doctor made plans with son for material that identifies you |
| GUARANTEES | Promises to return a month before king reformed Senate (10) |
| IDES | In the ancient Roman calendar, a plural noun for a day near the middle of a month |
| OTISREDDING | American soul singer who died in a plane crash a month before his biggest hit, (Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay, was released |
| IMBROGLIO | One doctor made glorious start in a confused state (9) |
| DECAGON | Figure there's a month before the start of November |
| CEDE | Give up over a month before the start of Easter (4) |
| MAY | Name for hawthorn; its blossom, traditionally gathered to celebrate the first day of a month named after a fertility goddess of springtime; or, one's bloom, early life, flush or prime (3) |
| HALLOWEEN | Think to follow greeting at the end of a month (9) |
| NONES | Ninth day before the ides of a month |
| OCTOPUS | Is it the work of a month for the fisherman to catch it? (7) |
| NEATH | Poet's under an ox at the end of a month (5) |
| MACH | Unit name that becomes the name of a month when a letter is added |
| SURGEON | Ship's doctor made nurse go off the rails (7) |
| CODEINE | Backward doctor made familiar with a German drug |
