| POSTDATED | Saw supporting letter marked April 1, 2022, perhaps! (9) |
| ORDEAL | Something we saw supporting men in trial |
| YEAR | Long to finish early in 2022 perhaps |
| REC | Supporting letter, informally |
| UNREAD | Like letters marked "Return to sender" |
| SPRINGFESTIVAL | Chinese New Year, celebrated on Feb. 1, 2022 |
| SOLLAL | Korean New Year, celebrated on Feb. 1, 2022 |
| ABBA | *Swedish band with one 2022 Grammy nomination |
| SPAGHETTI | Foodstuff reported to grow on trees by an April 1 1957 edition of the BBC current affairs programme Panorama (9) |
| APRIORI | Based on logic, Brazilian city invested in April 1 (1,6) |
| SPIRALSTAIRCASE | One might wind up this actress as April 1 lark! (6,9) |
| GENERALHOSPAL | TV debut of April 1, 1963 |
| ARIES | Sign for an April 1 birth |
| FUNCTIONARIES | Do people born on April 1 become bureaucrats? |
| AIRFORCE | Royal - -; military branch celebrating its centenary this year on April 1 (3,5) |
| SANSERRIFFE | Island featured in a Guardian supplement on April 1, 1977 |
| SPAGHETTITREES | Plants featured in a BBC Panorama report on April 1, 1957 |
| BOPP | Comet discovered in July 1995 that passed perihelion on April 1 1997 (4-4) |
| HOAX | Many an April 1 "news" item |
| RAM | Zodiac symbol for a person born on April 1 |
