| TRIWEEKLY | Roughly seventeen times a year . . . or a hundred and fifty-six times a year |
| TALLEST | Like the four-hundred-and-fifty-six-foot-high Kingda Ka, among all roller coasters |
| SPOUTS | What Yellowstone's Old Faithful does about 17 times a day |
| BIMONTHLY | Produced six times a year (9) |
| AFRICA | Home to roughly seventeen per cent of the world's population |
| EVENSTEVEN | Equal roughly seventeen divided by five (4-6) |
| SEASON | One of the four natural divisions of a year; or, a time thereof when a particular fruit, vegetable, nut etc is most fresh, plentiful or ripe (6) |
| SATURDAY | Unhappy about routine picked up over a year, or a lot less |
| MAY | In one term, a year, or a month (3) |
| QUARTER | Fourth part of a coat of arms, hour, lunar month, pound of weight, sports match, US dollar or year; or, a district having some distinguishing character or inhabited by a particular class (7) |
| RUNUP | A period preceding a notable event such as Christmas or New Year; or, a substantial hike in the value or level of something (3-2) |
| CAROL | Fifty or a hundred turn up for a song (5) |
| CORRESPONDENT | One writing to me or a hundred, or a reply sent without heading (13) |
| ATONAL | A hundred and fifty without a . . . . without a key (6) |
| MINORARCANA | Fifty-six suit cards of a tarot deck, comprising the Wands, Cups, Swords and Pentacles (5,6) |
| ANNUALS | Plants living for a year or less; or, books such as almanacs (7) |
| ANNUAL | What describes a garden plant that lives for a year or less? (6) |
| SEMESTRAL | Twice a year or less, a term that's variable (9) |
| CREST | What can symbolise, say, one family or a hundred others |
| CARAVEL | Ship with a hundred and fifty holding a wild party (7) |
