| SAFAR | Second month of the Islamic calendar, commencing on 28 August in 2022 (5) |
| JOBSAND | What people marched for in Washington, DC on 28 August 1963 (4,3,7) |
| FREEDOM | What people marched for in Washington DC on 28 August 1963 (4,3,7) |
| VENDEMIAIRE | First month of the French Revolutionary calendar (1793-1805), commencing on the autumnal equinox; from Latin, 'vintage' (4,2,1,1,3) |
| ASOF | Commencing on |
| RAJAB | Seventh month of the Islamic calendar (5) |
| JAFAR | The second month of the Moslem calendar. |
| APRIL | Second month of the original Roman calendar |
| RAMADAN | Ninth month of the Islamic calendar, the month of lasting (7) |
| LUNAR | Like the Islamic calendar |
| GRAND | Amount of money that's taken by English aristocracy on 28 (5) |
| AHOPE | Character on 28 in band, one ultimately doomed (7,1,4) |
| SHAWWAL | Tenth month of the Islamic calendar, falling between Ramadan and Dhu al-Qidah (7) |
| MUHARRAM | First month of the Islamic calendar |
| MOHARRAM | 1st month of the Islamic calendar |
| SHABAN | 8th month of the Islamic calendar |
| DII | CXX years before the start of the Islamic calendar |
| BRUMAIRE | Second month of the French revolutionary calendar, extending from Oct 23 to Nov 21; the month of mist (8) |
| OCTOBER | From the Latin meaning "eight" due to its former position in the Roman calendar, the second month of autumn in the northern hemisphere, birthstone opal (7) |
| HESVAN | Ambassador with second leading group in second month of the Jewish civil year (6) |