| TATTOOING | Marking the skin (9) |
| TATTOO | What is the practice of marking the skin with pictures, etc (6) |
| SCARRING | Marking (the skin) permanently (8) |
| XIJINPING | On Aug.20, this leader visited Tibet for only the second time, marking the 60th anniversary of the region's becoming part of China |
| LABELLING | Marking the French cocktail 'almost good' (9) |
| INAUGURAL | Marking the beginning (9) |
| CANADADAY | Annual July 1 celebration marking the 1867 signing of the British North America Act |
| CROSSWORD | This sign marking the fallen across partially coinciding with Beach (9) |
| WEDNESDAY | Ash -, Christian feast marking the first day of Lent (9) |
| EIDULADHA | Annual Muslim festival marking the end of the pilgrimage to Mecca, also known as Greater Bairam (3-2-4) |
| MARDIGRAS | Festival marking the commencement of Lent (5,4) |
| EIDALFITR | Holiday marking the end of Ramadan |
| REDCARPET | Floor covering marking the route for VIPs into a formal event (3,6) |
| RODIN | Celebrated at a current exhibition at the Grand Palais marking the centenary of his death, the founding father of modern sculpture whose works include The Burghers of Calais and The Thinker (5) |
| HOYS | Featuring the dramatic puissance competition, the abbreviated name of an annual event marking the end of the equestrian season (1,1,1,1) |
| RENAISSANCE | The period of European history marking the change from the Middle Ages to the modern world (11) |
| TORII | Gateway at the entrance to a Japanese Shinto temple, symbolically marking the transition from the mundane to the sacred (5) |
| SOUTHAFRICA | Group A: This country hosted the 2010 FIFA World Cup, marking the first time the event was staged on the nation's continent |
| SOLSTICES | Summer/winter events associated with the 32 Down, marking the longest or shortest 24-hr periods in a year (9) |
| EID | Islamic festival marking the sacrifice made by Abraham and the end of the annual pilgrimage to Mecca |
