| EPACT | Moon's age at the start of the year, used to calculate Easter's date (5) |
| GOLDENNUMBER | None grumbled about what's used to find Easter's date |
| ELEVENTYONE | Bilbo Baggins' age at the start of "The Lord of the Rings" |
| ENERGY | Before start of year, used green power (6) |
| WAYS | Approaches taking years - used to be |
| FISCAL | Type of year used by accountants |
| ENACT | Record Bill taking time to find moon's age at beginning of year (5) |
| SNAKE | The Chinese community recently celebrated the start of the Year of the ___. (5) |
| ADELE | British singer whose albums are titled for her age at the time |
| EVERY | Always at the start of the year none is excluded (5) |
| STUDS | Read of a breeding animal at start of the year (5) |
| TAWNY | Brownish-yellow beard appearing by the start of the year (5) |
| LIBYA | Around the start of the year Bali is found in this country (5) |
| CAGEY | Guarded enclosure at the start of the year |
| DAILY | Regularly in parliament at the start of the year |
| APRON | *Smock (from the start of the year, I often have a focus on Passover cleaning and prep, far in advance, bits at a time, this month looms in my head long before it arrives) |
| SIXTY | Age at which the Beatles wondered, "Will you still feed me?" (5,4) |
| BICYCLER | One in the saddle, say, reportedly bids farewell to age at the end of the year |
| ENERO | Start of the year, in Spanish |
| SWEET | Some of Easter's wee treats will be sugary (5) |
