| NISAN | First month of the Assyrian calendar |
| JAN | Abbr. for the first month of the year (and the first name of the creator who makes your Kids Across Parents Down puzzles) |
| ASSYR | Ancient city state on the River Tigris that was the first or traditional capital of the Assyrian emp |
| TISHRI | The first month of the civil year in the Hebrew calendar (6) |
| TISRI | The first month of the civil year in the Hebrew calendar (5) |
| NINEVEH | Ancient capital of the Assyrian empire, to which the biblical prophet Jonah was sent by God (7) |
| SAYS | Iran isn't part of the Assyrian States (4) |
| ASTARTE | Phoenician equivalent of the Assyrian and Babylonian goddess Ishtar |
| ITHASCHERRYDAYS | April is the first month of the year of which this is true (2,3,6,4) |
| VENDEMIAIRE | First month of the French Revolutionary calendar (1793-1805), commencing on the autumnal equinox; from Latin, 'vintage' (4,2,1,1,3) |
| TUSHRI | The first month of the civil year. |
| MUHARRAM | First month of the Islamic calendar |
| JANUARY | The first month of the year (7) |
| JANUS | God for whom the first month of the year is named |
| ENERO | First month of the year, in Mexico |
| APRIL | First month of the M.L.B. season, typically |
| ABIB | First month of the Jewish ecclesiastical year |
| APR | First month of the second quarter: Abbr. |
| TISHREI | First month of the Hebrew year (7) |
| MARCH | First month of the year in ancient Rome (5) |
