| EXHIBITION | Toronto's annual summer fair The CNE = Canadian National ___ |
| BANDSHELL | Bell CNE _ (Concerts venue at the Canadian National Exhibition, Toronto's annual Summer fair) |
| BANDSHELLCONCERTS | Musical events at Toronto summer fair the Canadian National Exhibition: 2 wds. |
| THEEX | Toronto's annual Summer fair, Canadian National Exhibition aka ___ ___ |
| VIMY | The Canadian National ___ Memorial in France was designed by Toronto-born sculptor Walter Seymour Allward |
| OPERA | Canadian National ___ (producers of "Tosca" and "Norma", e.g.) |
| CNE | Toronto's annual end-of-summer fair [acronym] |
| EXPO | CNE for example |
| IVAN | What first name was shared by the Russian royals, grand dukes, princes and emperors, who were known as The Moneybag, The Fair, The Great and The Terrible? (4) |
| WINASTUFFEDANIMAL | Be successful in one of the games at the Summer fair: 4 wds. |
| THACKERAY | William Makepeace -; author of books including Vanity Fair, The History of Samuel Titmarsh and the Great Hoggarty Diamond and The Fitz-Boodle Papers (9) |
| YSEULT | Using an alternative spelling, what name was shared by two heroines of Arthurian romance: one, an Irish princess known as the Fair, the other, known as of the White Hands? (6) |
| ROYALALBERT | - - - - - - Hall, London venue which hosts the annual summer Proms concerts (5,6) |
| ALBERTHALL | Royal _ _, London venue for the annual summer Proms concerts (6,4) |
| GILIA | Genus to which the annual summer 'blue thimble flower' belongs (5) |
| MAPLELEAF | Symbol at the centre of the Canadian national flag |
| WILKIE | Artist born in the parish of Cults, Fife in 1785 whose paintings include Pitlessie Fair, The Letter |
| CLASSIC | General term for a book considered timeless with established value, such as Emma, Vanity Fair, The Wind in the Willows or Catch-22 (7) |
| EVENUP | Make fair the result of 2, 4 or 6 showing on the dice (4,2) |
| TOLERABLE | It's only fair the board should accept new role |
