| FROSTFAIR | Side stalls and entertainment held on a frozen river in the early modern period (5,4) |
| ICESAW | Tool for fishing a frozen river |
| DUSKS | Policeman crosses river in the early evenings |
| CROMAGNON | --- --- man, an early modern human, who lived in Europe during late Palaeolithic times (3-6) |
| COMMONERA | Modern period of time (6,3) |
| MUSKETEER | Early modern type of infantry soldier |
| WRESTLING | Olympics event held on a mat |
| ICESKATES | Glides on a frozen pond, eg (3,6) |
| FAIR | From the Latin meaning "holy day", a fete-like gathering with stalls and amusements, originally held on a religious holiday (4) |
| CABARET | Entertainment held in a nightclub while the audience eat or drink (7) |
| STRAUSS | Richard _, German composer of the late Romantic and early modern eras who wrote the opera Salome (7) |
| AUDIENCE | Those in the stalls and the circle (8) |
| GINJOL | Local name for an autumn fruit widely seen on Mallorcan market stalls and looking a little like a large brown/green olive (6) |
| DONNE | Who wrote in his Nativity (1610) "Lay Him in this stall, and from the Orient, Stars and wise men will travel"? (5) |
| ICECANOE | Push and paddle a boat along a partially frozen river |
| FUNFAIR | Attraction with a hook-a-duck stall and a ghost train, eg (7) |
| MELISSALEO | Best Actress in a Leading Role Oscar nominee for Frozen River (7,3) |
| SCREEDS | The system of belief held on a ship as told in long effusions (7) |
| MATINEE | Entertainment held in the daytime |
| REED | Morano, Frozen River cinematographer and The Rhythm Section director (4) |
