| LUNARCALENDAR | What is a dating system based on a year of cycles of phases of the moon? (5,8) |
| AVOIRDUPOIS | Weight system based on a pound of 16 ounces (11) |
| ZIPCODE | 1963 system based on a 1944 Robert Moon proposal |
| MERRYGOROUNDS | Continuous cycles of pointless activity (5-2-6) |
| ALMANAC | A yearly calendar giving information on events and phenomena, such as the phases of the moon and tide times (7) |
| LUNARCYCLE | Type of bicycle used in different phases of the moon? (5,5) |
| FREQUENCY | The number of waves that pass a fixed point in unit time; also, the number of cycles or vibrations undergone during one unit of time by a body in periodic motion. (9) |
| ASPECTS | Views the phases of the moon perhaps (7) |
| RILLE | What is a long narrow valley on the surface of the Moon? (5) |
| AREYOUREADY | Is one prepared for a year of a euro a day for a change? (3,3,5) |
| WAVES | Metaphors for three phases of the feminist movement, representatives of which are circled in the grid |
| OCTAD | Phases of the moon, say |
| QTRS | Phases of the moon (abbr.) |
| OREOS | Cookies that can illustrate phases of the moon |
| WAXANDWANE | To increase then decrease (as in phases of the moon) (3,3,4) |
| DETRIMENT | In physics, the ratio of the amplitudes in successive cycles of a damped oscillator (9) |
| TWEETS | Social media posts like @dril's "awfully bold of you to fly the Good Year blimp on a year that has been extremely bad thus far" |
| ANNO | ___ Domini, dating system used to refer to the years after the birth of Jesus (4) |
| NEWSTYLE | Solar dating system, introduced by the Pope in 1582, using the Gregorian rather than the Julian calendar |
| YEARS | Periods of time akin to Earth's orbits/revolutions round the Sun and consisting of full cycles of seasons (5) |