| HALLOWEEN | Pagan festival on the eve of All Saints' Day (9) |
| WALPURGIS | And 23. The witches' sabbath held on the eve of May 1st (9,5) |
| LAGBAOMER | Jewish festival on the 18th day of Iyar (3,2,4) |
| AGINCOURT | Henry V's "band of brothers" speech was made on the eve of which famous battle? (9) |
| PHONEYWAR | Blower turned awry on the eve of the Blitz (6,3) |
| OVERVALUE | Rate too high, valour on the eve of destruction (9) |
| CATHEDRAL | ___ Church of All Saints, in Halifax |
| NOVITIATE | Craftily eat it after All Saints' Day for trial period (9) |
| ALLSAINTS | ___ Day, Christian festival on November 1 (3,6) |
| CHRISTMAS | Christian festival on December 25 celebrating Christ's birth (9) |
| PENTECOST | Christian festival on Whit Sunday (9) |
| KOLNIDRE | Jewish prayer recited at the opening of the service on the eve of Yom Kippur; Aramaic, 'all the vows' (3,5) |
| VIGIL | Rite of staying awake for prayer on the eve of a religiousA festival (5) |
| VIGILS | Devotional watches, often on the eve of a festival or holy day (6) |
| NIGHT | The witches' sabbath held on the eve of May 1st (9,5) |
| MURCIA | Spanish city with a Burial of the Sardine festival on the Saturday after Easter |
| SHOE | Item of footwear traditionally placed outside to be filled with gifts on the eve of St Nicholas Day (4) |
| FESTIVUS | It falls on the eve of Christmas Eve |
| ONEDAYMORE | "Les Miserables" song sung on the eve of the June Rebellion |
| EASTERN | Oriental festival on the first of November (7) |
