| WADI | Dry except in the rainy season (4) |
| WHET | To make something sharper is hard in the rainy season |
| VLEI | Area of low-lying ground which floods in the rainy season (Afrikaans) |
| BILLABONG | Pool of water in the bed of a stream that flows only in the rainy season (9) |
| MONSOON | Indian seasonal wind that, blowing from the Indian Ocean, ushers in the rainy season |
| BOLIVIA | Which South American country has Salar de Uyuni, the world's largest salt flat, transforming into a giant lake in the rainy season? (7) |
| WHIPPET | Pet pachyderm, mostly immersed in the rainy season (7) |
| STEW | To be oppressed by the humidity now the rainy season's coming up (4) |
| WADIS | Valleys or channels that are dry except during the rainy season |
| BRUT | Very dry except when river floods in (4) |
| TILE | Whether an azulejo, handmade Delft-patterned square, terracotta slab, tessera or Scrabble/mah-jong piece, its name, from "to cover", refers to its fundamental function since ancient roofs were first l |
| ASIDE | In the rainy-day fund, say |
| CHUBASCO | Violent thunder and lightning storm during the rainy season along the coasts of Mexico, Central and South America (8) |
| MONSOONAL | A day early, put up note of the rainy season (9) |
| CATSANDDOGS | Critters affiliated with the rainy season |
| PIGEONS | These birds (about 250 known species) occur worldwide except in the coldest regions and the most remote islands. They all strut about with a characteristic bobbing of the head. In The Merchant of Veni |
| OILANDWATER | Substances that never mix, except in the answers to the starred clues? |
| BAR | - except in the pub! |
| UNLESS | Except in the event of |
| DROOPY | Bowed door fixed with ply except in the middle (6) |
