| APRESSKI | Half kiss a crush before evening of fun |
| ESSES | Half-kiss? |
| PECK | Quarter of a bushel; a strike or take of grain with a beak; a perfunctory kiss; a tongue-twisting amount of pickled peppers; food; or, a mickle (4) |
| AFTERNOON | Roughening up a front one before evening (9) |
| SUNSETS | Events before evening twilight |
| TEATIME | Drunk ate item before evening meal (7) |
| NIGHTFALL | Drop different thing before evening |
| ERE | Before evening's red express sources (3) |
| NIGHT | Name given to the evening of April 30th, believed to be the night of a witches' sabbath in German fo |
| WALPURGIS | Name given to the evening of April 30th, believed to be the night of a witches' sabbath in German fo |
| POTEEN | Illegal drink and drug before an evening of poetry |
| MOVIE | Part of an evening of "Netflix and chill," perhaps |
| WHOLEPARTING | A kiss, a hug, a wave, the works? |
| EVERGREEN | Perennially popular retrospective piece of work by Donne, perhaps, during evening of poetry (9) |
| APPLES | "Forbidden fruits" that were hung on the Tannenbaums used as central props in German paradise plays traditionally performed on the evening of December 24, hence today's custom of Christmas firs (6) |
| SETTLEUP | Conclude an evening of poker, say |
| KOLNIDRE | Kindle or replacement heard on the evening of Yom Kippur (3,5) |
| NEWYEAR | It's celebrated on the evening of December 31: 2 wds. |
| TWELFTHNIGHT | Evening of January 5 or 6 (7,5) |
| REPRESSING | Another evening of putting down |