| SAINTBARTHOLOMEWSDAY | Commemorated on August 24, what day marks the beginning of the slaughter of the French Huguenots, in |
| PLUTO | Body officially demoted on August 24, 2006 |
| TILDE | Bit of Scrabble on Boxing Day, Mark? |
| POMPEII | City destroyed August 24, 79 A.D. |
| PREPARE | & 24 What cricket stadium staff will do to ease the way (7,3,6) |
| BENDOVER | & 24 What yoga practitioner might do to make every effort (4,4,9) |
| BRINGTHEHOUSE | & 24 What demolition workers might do to make audience applaud enthusiastically (5,3,5,4) |
| OXLEY | Which surveyor and explorer created the myth of the inland sea by reporting that the Macquarie and the Lachlan Rivers both ended in swamps and that this might mark the beginning of a sea? (5) |
| IMBOLC | Ancient Celtic festival celebrated on the first or second day of February to mark the beginning of spring (6) |
| DIWALI | Hindu festival which marks the beginning of the financial year in India (6) |
| SUNRISE | This marks the beginning of the day (7) |
| CARNAGE | What is the slaughter of a great number, as in battle, etc (7) |
| MONDAY | In the rhyme on what day of the week was Solomon Grundy born? (6) |
| THURSDAY | On what day of the week is Thanksgiving always celebrated in the US? (8) |
| IDES | In the Roman calendar, what day fell roughly in the middle of each month? (4) |
| CUSP | Point that marks the beginning of a change |
| DAWN | Time that marks the beginning of twilight before sunrise (4) |
| WHALE | Sea Shepherd's Andy Gil was sunk whilst protesting the slaughter of this marine mammal |
| EDICT | A proclamation having the force of law, such as that issued in Nantes in 1598, granting rights to the Huguenots (5) |
| IVRY | Battle in which the Huguenots under Henry IV defeated the Catholics under the Duke of Mayenne (4) |
