| SHEASTADIUM | It erupted on October 16, 1969 |
| SHEA | It erupted on October 27, 1986 |
| MAUNALOA | It erupted on 11/27/22 |
| TORNADO | Storm of protest finally erupted on road (7) |
| ARARAT | Turkish volcano that last erupted on July 2, 1840 (6) |
| ETNA | European volcano that erupted on July 4, 2024 |
| KOREAN | The Asian was all right, standing near when it erupted |
| IGNITER | Apparatus for firing explosive, some sign it erupted (7) |
| CHINA | It celebrates National Day on October 1 (and it's where the answers to starred clues were invented) |
| FOURTHQ | It starts on October 1 |
| PUTTHECLOCKBACK | Do it on October 27 - or 26 |
| PETERPAN | Musical that opened on Broadway on October 20, 1954 |
| BST | For 2024, it ended at 0200 on October 27 (3) |
| BIGBANG | Name given to the major modernization that took place on the London Stock Exchange on October 27, 19 |
| RUDYGIULIANI | Former New York City mayor who achieved a Full Ginsburg by appearing on five different Sunday morning news shows on October 9 2016: 2 wds. |
| GALILEO | Name of the robotic U.S. spacecraft launched on October 18, 1989, by the space shuttle Atlantis. It traveled to Jupiter in 1994 for extended orbital study of the planet, its magnetic field, and its mo |
| HALLOWEEN | Henry to permit extremely evocative hymn at the end when it's celebrated on October 31st (9) |
| MOLEDAY | It's celebrated by chemists on October 23 from 6:02 a.m. to 6:02 p.m. |
| BUFFOON | In the nude, love on October 1st, mid-evening and be a clown about it (7) |
| JULIEANDREWS | "Mary Poppins" actress born on October 1, 1935 |
