| WAITANGIDAY | Celebration which became a public holiday in 1974 (8,3) |
| BASTILLEDAY | July 14 as a public holiday in France |
| ANZACDAY | 25 April, a public holiday in Australia and New Zealand |
| ANZAC | -- Day on April 25 is a public holiday in Australia and New Zealand commemorating the 1915 landing at Gallipoli (5) |
| NEWYEARSDAY | Aware Sydney in disarray, being a public holiday (3,5,3) |
| LONGWEEKEND | Dog kennel we fixed on a public holiday? (4,7) |
| ALTONTOWERS | Private estate in Staffordshire which became a theme park in 1980 (5,6) |
| HARIJAN | I refused to mop on a public holiday for non-U Hindu |
| BOXINGDAY | A public holiday following Christmas (6,3) |
| AUSTRALIA | ____ Day is a public holiday on the first Monday after January 26 |
| LABORDAY | Public holiday in the U.S. and Canada on the first Monday in September (5,3) |
| BALEARS | Public holiday in the Balearic Islands held on March 1st to commemorate the signing in 1983 of the region's Statute of Autonomy, local spelling (3,2,3,5,7) |
| DIADELES | Public holiday in the Balearic Islands held on March 1st to commemorate the signing in 1983 of the region's Statute of Autonomy, local spelling (3,2,3,5,7) |
| ILLES | Public holiday in the Balearic Islands held on March 1st to commemorate the signing in 1983 of the region's Statute of Autonomy, local spelling (3,2,3,5,7) |
| QUEENS | Public holiday in June (5'1,8) |
| BIRTHDAY | See 17A. Public holiday in June (5'1,8) |
| OUTBREAK | Public holiday in sudden start |
| DAY | Public holiday in Australia and New Zealand on April 25 (5,3) |
| INDEPENDENCEDAY | Celebration which was made a national holiday in the USA in 1870 (12,3) |
| PROCLAIMED | Declared, ... a public holiday |
