| KITTIWAKE | Gathering to celebrate the life of a cat, say, or bird |
| RECEPTIONS | Formal social gatherings to celebrate an event, e.g. a wedding (10) |
| PARTY | Gathering to celebrate, not all year |
| MAY | Name for hawthorn; its blossom, traditionally gathered to celebrate the first day of a month named after a fertility goddess of springtime; or, one's bloom, early life, flush or prime (3) |
| MEADOW | In 2013, as part of a national scheme launched by Prince Charles to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the Queen's Coronation, a roadside nature reserve near Long Stratton was chosen as Norfolk's Coron |
| SWAZILAND | Incwala is a six-day festival in the country of Eswatini to celebrate the tasting of the season's first fruits, cleansing, renewal, and kingship. How was Eswatini previously known? |
| LAMMAS | From Old English for "loaf feast", a festival traditionally observed on August 1 to celebrate the beginning of the harvest and the first of its fruits (6) |
| LIBERTY | The _ Bell, said (wrongly) to have been rung on 4 July 1776 to celebrate the adoption of the Declaration of Independence (7) |
| POWELL | Author of A Dance to the Music of Time whose wife Violet wrote A Jane Austen Compendium and The Life of a Provincial Lady (6) |
| IRAN | The Azadi Tower, a monument built to celebrate the 2500th anniversary of the Persian Empire, is in this country (4) |
| ACADIANS | The World Heritage site designated as the Landscape of Grand Pre, in Nova Scotia, celebrates the heritage of these French settlers of North America, some of whom became the Cajuns of southern Louisian |
| THANKSGIVING | Yearly national holiday in the US and Canada to celebrate the harvest and other blessings of the past year |
| PLATINUMPUDDING | Dish of lemon Swiss roll and amaretti trifle to celebrate the 70th year of the Queen's reign (8,7) |
| SINCLAIR | Her wedding to Leo Tanaka was a storyline to celebrate the 40th anniversary of Neighbours (6,8) |
| KRISTA | Her wedding to Leo Tanaka was a storyline to celebrate the 40th anniversary of Neighbours (6,8) |
| AIDA | Verdi opera written to celebrate the opening of the Suez Canal. (4) |
| TCHAIKOVSKY | Composer of the 1812 Overture written to celebrate the Russian defence against Napoleon's invasion |
| BIRTHDAYHONOURS | Whereby some are entitled to celebrate the arrival of the monarch |
| CHALLAH | Check everyone gets a hot loaf of bread, traditionally baked to celebrate the Sabbath (7) |
| SATURNALIA | Ancient Roman festival held to celebrate the Roman god of agriculture (10) |
