| REALITY | Getting drunk during New Year is a fact of life (7) |
| THETERROR | Heroin during new year festival a mistake, producing horrific persecution |
| ABIDJAN | Sailor departs during New Year's Day for African city |
| TOBE | Descriptive of Adam and Eve, perhaps, if that's a fact of life? (3,5,2,2) |
| THEFIRST | Descriptive of Adam and Eve, perhaps, if that's a fact of life? (3,5,2,2) |
| REPETITION | Unit for Arnold, or a fact of life in crosswords when it comes to words like "emu" and "aloe"? |
| CHARLOTTERAESWEB | Intricate series of lies told by a "Facts of Life" actress? |
| CENTURY | One hundred years is a ___ (7) |
| WASSAIL | Meaning "be in good health", an old drinking salutation; warm spiced ale/cider or mulled wine drunk during a joyous celebration such as Yuletide; or, a spell of carol singing from house to house (7) |
| MISDEAL | Wrongly give a hand as Sid gets drunk during dinner, say (7) |
| RIPOSTE | Toper is drunk during counterattack (7) |
| TURMOIL | Rum drunk during work causes uproar (7) |
| ALREADY | [103] Sad day after middle of year is coming up as of now (7) |
| MAYORAL | In truth, a year is such a tenure for dignitary |
| PEAKING | Speaking up about Rear of Year is rewarding (7) |
| ANNUALBUDGETS | The end of the year is a great time to plan them |
| ANNUAL | Book of the Year is a bit flowery (6) |
| DECORATOR | Speaker for last month of year is a designer (9) |
| FRAILTY | Trial arranged within following year is failing (7) |
| LYRIST | Poet and novice find short year is a winner (6) |
