| CLASSICS | Greek and Latin studies; or, the five events of the flat race season including the Oaks (8) |
| STLEGER | One of the five Classics forming the British flat race season which is the final leg of the English Triple Crown (2,5) |
| CROWN | Winder on the side of a wristwatch for adjusting the time; or, the five-pointed logo of Rolex (5) |
| EVENT | A short time after the flat race (5) |
| BONEFISH | Exotic fish known as "The grey ghost of the flats" (8) |
| SNOW | The Hunters in the -; winter scene in a series of five extant paintings depicting the months/seasons including The Gloomy Day and The Hay Harvest by Pieter Bruegel the Elder (4) |
| SUBJECTS | Word for thinking agents, such as topics or studies; or, citizens (8) |
| TESTTUBE | Piece of laboratory glassware used for in vitro studies or experiments with Bunsen burners such as a chemical reactions (4,4) |
| OUTRIDES | Endlessly studies, or otherwise excels on course (8) |
| OOLOGIST | Person who studies or collects birds' eggs (8) |
| APIARIST | A person who studies or keeps bees (8) |
| FROISSART | Medieval historian whose Chronicles chart the events of the Hundred Years' War including the accession of Edward III, the Battle of Crecy and the Peasants' Revolt (9) |
| BRIMSTONEHEAD | Location on Newfoundland's Fogo Island which The Flat Earth Society of Canada believes is one of the four corners of the 'flat' Earth: 2 wds. |
| BRIMSTONE | Newfoundland: Fogo Island location which The Flat Earth Society believes is one of the four corners of the 'flat' Earth, ___ Head |
| BILBO | Hobbit who found the One Ring, setting in motion the events of The Lord of the Rings |
| OMNIUM | From the Latin meaning "of all", a multiple-race contest in track cycling comprising five events (6) |
| VENT | Complain about going an entire month between the end of "Drag Race" season 16 and the beginning of "All-Stars" season 9, say |
| RING | A circular ripple; a marriage token; or, one of the flat crowds of ice, rocks and moonlets orbiting Saturn (4) |
| ADVENT | The season including the four Sundays preceding Christmas |
| SPARING | Economical season (including the first of April) |
