| SHOW | General word for an event such as an auction, bring-and-buy, church bazaar or flea market (4) |
| SALE | General word for an event such as an auction, bring-and-buy, church bazaar or flea market (4) |
| FAIR | Type of bazaar, brocante or flea market selling antiques, books, miscellany, etc; or, a travelling show with amusement rides (4) |
| SCANDAL | Word for an event causing public outrage that was used as the title of a film based on the Profumo affair (7) |
| UPPED | Hiked, as an auction bid |
| CYCLING | Sport or pursuit performed in an event such as an audax, Enduro, madison, randonnee or time trial (7) |
| NATURALDISASTER | An event such as an earthquake, tsunami or volcanic eruption (7,8) |
| BLACKTIE | Formal to semi-formal evening attire for an event such as Glyndebourne (5,3) |
| SALES | Activity or business of trading; or, events such as auctions, bazaars, bring-and-buys or flea markets (5) |
| BAKE | General word for an ovencooked dish such as macaroni cheese, fish pie or lasagne (4) |
| GOWN | Long, elegant dress for a formal event such as a ball; or, another name for a bathrobe (4) |
| WORK | General word for an artistic, musical or literary creation (4) |
| FISH | General word for an aquatic vertebrate studied in ichthyology (4) |
| FETE | Outdoor bazaar or gala (4) |
| SOUK | A bazaar or marketplace, especially in the Middle East (4) |
| BEES | Honey-producing pollinators traditionally told of events such as the death of their keeper or a birth (4) |
| RACEHORSE | Written about in novels by Dick Francis, general word for an animal ridden in an event such as the National Hunt's Cheltenham Gold Cup (9) |
| BRAG | Bring-and-___ (show-and-tell) |
| DATE | Romantic event, such as 14 February (4) |
| EXPO | Event such as Comic-Con for short |
