| BROKENCLOCKS | Items that are "right twice a day," and a hint to the word surrounding each starred answer |
| PLANTATREE | Something to do on Arbor Day (and a hint to this puzzle's theme) |
| BROKENCLOCK | It's right twice a day, and it can be found at 18-, 28- and 51-Across |
| CLOCK | Even a broken one is right twice a day |
| MAKEMINEADOUBLE | Drink order on a tough day, and a hint to what's in 17-, 22-, 37- and 47-Across |
| RASPS | We need files that are right on serpents (5) |
| TENANT | After a day and a quarter, some leave (6) |
| DESERT | After a day and a quarter in France, very upset, leave (6) |
| MONTMARTRE | Time, between a day and a month, tense on Parisian hill (10) |
| THIRTYSIXHOURS | A day and a half |
| DEPART | After a day and a quarter, some leave |
| LATE | A day - and a dollar short" |
| MORN | Poetic time of day ... and a clue to the circled square in this row |
| CONTEXT | Words surrounding a word or phrase that may fix its true meaning (7) |
| LEMMA | The outer of two bracts surrounding each floret in a grass spikelet (5) |
| STRAINING | It's that wet sort of a day and the little saint is making violent efforts |
| IDEA | Plan to have one day and a half each (4) |
| SETTLE | It's a seat during the day and a bed at night |
| DECIDE | Resolve to, after a month, one day and a quarter (6) |
| HOT | Word describing both a blistering summer day and a stolen vehicle (3) |
