| MARKSMAN | Celebrates fifth of November - and without a hint of drinking shot |
| SPRAT | An old word for a sixpence; a small herring-like brisling; or, with "weather", the dark days of November and December, said to be favourable for catching such a fish (5) |
| TOPAZ | Which gem is a birthstone of November and December? (5) |
| OSCAR | Big around end of November and what follows it (5) |
| BEANFEASTS | Each start of November and February, feeds animals for special occasions (10) |
| EVERY | All involved with the First lady at end of November and July (5) |
| TWOPART | Having a couple of pieces of pie, gorging without a hint of propriety (3-4) |
| DIALECT | Face caught without a hint of expression, in a manner of speaking |
| MATCHLESS | Without a rival and without a game, apparently (9) |
| ALONE | Single and without a date? What a lot of baloney! (5) |
| WITHOUTAHITCH | Easily sense husband getting a touch tipsy after drinking shot (7,1,5) |
| PLOT | Remember, remember, the fifth of November; Gunpowder, treason and ... |
| VIM | Power of rocket on the fifth of November (3) |
| DIADEM | Type of firework aided to go off on the fifth of November (6) |
| LEMUR | Beastly change of rule about the fifth of November (5) |
| RANSOM | High price of devious arson on the fifth of November (6) |
| DODGEM | A car to avoid on the fifth of November (6) |
| SOMBRE | Gloomy and unusually sober about the fifth of November (6) |
| ROMANCANDLE | Firework do Anne and Carl organised around the fifth of November (5,6) |
| SCREAM | Reaction to a terrible scare on the fifth of November |
