| ANNIVERSARY | The date on which an event occurred in some previous year (11) |
| ANNIV | The date on which an event took place in a previous yr. (5) |
| DATE | Year or day when an event occurred (4) |
| USED | As employed in some previous edition (4) |
| PROBABILITY | Extent to which an event is likely to occur (11) |
| ANTHONYEDEN | British Conservative prime minster who resigned in 1957 following the previous year's Suez crisis (7,4) |
| HOSTCOUNTRY | Winner of the previous year's Eurovision Song Contest, usually |
| CONSEQUENCE | Result of some previous action (11) |
| DDAY | June 6, 1944, the date on which the Allied invasion of Europe began during the Second World War (1-3) |
| BIRTHDAY | The date on which a person was born (8) |
| OPTICS | The way in which an event or course of action is perceived by the public (6) |
| APRILFOOLSDAY | The first date on which people get taken in (5,5,3) |
| DONATED | Given the nod, turned and changed the date on (7) |
| ACTED | Did figure the date on the outside was wrong (5) |
| EYEWITNESS | Person who was present when the event occurred (10) |
| WATERGATE | Political scandal named after the hotel complex where some of its key events occurred |
| EPOCH | Period of time in history, especially one during which important events occurred (5) |
| SHEAF | In archery, the part of the hand on which an arrow rests when the bow is grapsed (5) |
| DOWNTOWN | 1965 Petula Clark album, named after her hit single of the previous year |
| TROJANWAR | Joan R has a wart - the result of some previous conflict (6,3) |
