| MUTINY | What happened on 20 down on 28 April 1789 (6) |
| DRITAN | Prime minister of Montenegro who succeeded Zdravko Krivokapic on 28 April 2022 (6,8) |
| ABAZOVIC | Prime minister of Montenegro who succeeded Zdravko Krivokapic on 28 April 2022 (6,8) |
| BLIGH | HMS Bounty's captain until a mutiny of April 1789 |
| FLETCHER | (and 14 down) Instigator of the 22 across on 20 down (8) |
| MOSS | A co-star on 20-Down, Elisabeth - |
| ASSERTIVE | Strongly confident "Hair" topped in 20 down on the rise (9) |
| PULLSSTRINGS | Exerts influence in secret for Yanks from 20 down on bender (5,7) |
| TURBAN | Hat ultimately on 28? Unlikely! (6) |
| APOLLO | _ 11, the first crewed mission to land on the Moon, on 20 July 1969 (6) |
| HEAVEN | Something Happened On The Way To ___, hit for 9A (6) |
| BREXIT | British Rail departure that finally happened on January 31! (6) |
| GUSTAV | RAF pigeon which delivered the first news of the Normandy Landings on 20 (6) |
| UNSEXY | Employ variables, including indefinite number, missing out on 28? |
| UNMASK | Manus got back at last and was let do this on 28 February |
| MOSTEL | Zero, comic actor whose film roles included Pseudolus in A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum (6) |
| AFUNNY | Oft-performed musical "___ Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum" |
| HOLDANINQUIRY | Put in jail for article? Hearing this is an Irish solution to what happened on night of bailout! (4, |
| JOBSAND | What people marched for in Washington, DC on 28 August 1963 (4,3,7) |
| FREEDOM | What people marched for in Washington DC on 28 August 1963 (4,3,7) |