| ANTEBELLUM | Of or during the period before a war, especially the American Civil War (10) |
| PREWAR | The period before a war (6) |
| DIURNAL | Of or during the daytime (7) |
| SNAKEDANCE | In the United States, a parade before or during a high school or college homecoming event |
| KLEPHT | A Greek resistance fighter following the Turkish conquest of the 15th century or during the 19th-century war of independence; subsequently, a mountain-dwelling brigand (6) |
| ENGAGEMENT | period before a wedding |
| CRUNCHTIME | Period before a big deadline |
| SHROVETIDE | To Verdi she represented the period before Lent |
| MUST | From the Latin for "young wine", word for freshly crushed grape juice before or during fermentation; or, from the Persian for "drunk", a frenzied state of bull elephants (4) |
| SPREADAPLATE | Of a horse, to lose a shoe before or during a race |
| KARAOKE | Japan exported this pastime of attempting to sing popular music to prerecorded accompaniment, usually after or during the consumption of alcohol |
| ASLONGAS | For or during the length of time that (2,4,2) |
| JOB | A student might have one after school or during the summer |
| AVIGNON | This major city of Provence was a papal seat during the period known as the Babylonian Captivity |
| ROMANERA | Remake of the 1979 film "Norma Rae" that's set during the period of Augustus's reign? |
| CEREBRALPALSY | A form of paralysis caused by damage to motor areas of the brain before or during birth (8,5) |
| THESOMME | Scene of heavy fighting during the First World War, especially between July and November 1916 (3,5) |
| ENTEBBE | Capital of Uganda during the period of British rule (1894-1962), 21 miles south of its successor Kampala (7) |
| SIPHON | Before or during (a period of time) (6) |
| WITHIN | Before or during (a period of time) (6) |
