| LAMMAS | This morning, Sam reaches 50 and it's the Feast of First Fruits (6) |
| MIASMA | This morning, Sam and I noticed this unwholesome exhalation (6) |
| FLOP | The dandy reaches 50 and is regarded as a failure (4) |
| NORMAL | The lady reaches 50 - there's nothing strange with that! |
| RELIC | It's all that's left when Eric reaches 50 (5) |
| TITIAN | English name of the Venetian artist who painted The Feast of the Gods for the Alabaster Chambers in Alfonso I d'Este's castle at Ferrara (6) |
| APPEAR | Look after patients, taking the first fruit (6) |
| BAKRID | Hindi name for the Feast of Sacrifices in the Islamic calendar, known elsewhere as Eid al-Adha; a contraction of 'goat festival' (6) |
| SUKKOT | Pilgrimage Festival also called the Feast of Tabernacles (6) |
| LEVINE | "The Feast of Pure Reason" painter |
| ESTHER | Old Testament book about the Feast of Purim |
| SWAZILAND | Incwala is a six-day festival in the country of Eswatini to celebrate the tasting of the season's first fruits, cleansing, renewal, and kingship. How was Eswatini previously known? |
| CANDLEMAS | In Christianity, the Feast of the Purification of the Virgin Mary and the presentation of Christ in the Temple (9) |
| ESTE | Family of Italian rulers including Alfonso I, Duke of Ferrara, patron of the arts for whom Bellini painted The Feast of the Gods and Titian created Bacchus and Ariadne (4) |
| CASPIANSEA | It's the world's largest inland body of water. (And it's the one body of water here that's got Sea in its name. So, there, we've given you three letters already.) |
| ELITE | Lee joins it and it's the pick of the bunch (5) |
| RAILHEAD | Abuse boss and it's the end of the line (8) |
| WENCESLAS | In the Christmas carol, he was the Good King who looked out on the feast of Stephen, when the snow lay round about, deep and crisp and even |
| LADY | --- Day, in the Christian calendar, March 25; the feast of the Annunciation of the Virgin Mary (4) |
| FIG | One of the first fruits cultivated by humans |
