| APRIL | Though it's often been said that ___ showers bring May flowers," that month is seldom the rainiest month of the year |
| INSANE | "It has been said ... that in 1802 every hereditary monarch was ____" (Walter Bagehot) |
| MAESTRO | In Italian it literally means "master." In English it means about the same, though it's often tied to music. First known use arrived in 1724. |
| TALLOW | Unlikely it hurts, though it's often wicked |
| INERTIAS | Dormancies when rainiest and stormy (8) |
| HAWAII | Rainiest U.S. state |
| BARN | It's often been dramatically stormed (4) |
| FAREWELLSPEECH | For so long it's often been so very long! (8,6) |
| ETNA | It's often been climbed up before (4) |
| APR | Its showers bring May flowers: Abbr. |
| FLOWERS | April showers bring May ___, saying (7) |
| SHOWERS | April weather said to bring May flowers |
| YACHT | On the contrary, that month Cayman Islands did take possession of oligarch's vessel |
| RUBY | "Let it never be said that romance is dead", No 1 hit in 2007 (4) |
| FAMOUSLASTWORDS | There's nothing more to be said that is well-known (6,4,5) |
| REDCAP | A type of goldfinch with a brightly-coloured face, it is a winter resident of Mallorca and can often been seen in the Sierra de Tramuntana area (3-3) |
| SEASONED | Sonnet 75: So are you to my thoughts as food to life, / Or as sweet-___ showers are to the ground. / And for the peace of you I hold such strife / And twixt a miser and his wealth is found |
| MELODIES | They're easy on the ear (that is, seldom!) (8) |
| EMBER | Residue seen on 5/11 and the majority of that month (5) |
| LATTICEWORK | It could be said that a trellis panel is total wicker! (11) |
