| MEMORIAL | ___ Day, U.S. public holiday on the last Monday in May for honouring military personnel (8) |
| LABOR | ____ Day, U.S. federal holiday on the first Monday in September (5) |
| AUSTRALIA | ____ Day is a public holiday on the first Monday after January 26 |
| THANKSGIVING | US public holiday on the fourth Thursday in November (12) |
| METGALA | Ball on the first Monday in May |
| LABORDAY | U.S. public holiday held on the first Monday in September (5,3) |
| OAKAPPLE | ___ Day, former public holiday on May 29 in Britain commemorating the Restoration in 1660 (3,5) |
| STEADMAN | Alison ___, actress who played Beverley in Abigail's Party and Candice Marie in Nuts in May for husband Mike Leigh |
| ARMBANDS | Give guns to the gangs for honouring the dead (8) |
| ANZACDAY | Public holiday on April 25 in Australia and New Zealand (5,3) |
| TUTELARY | Expression of impatience before real disaster last Monday for guardian spirit (8) |
| GREENWAY | As arranged, last Monday we left Exeter to go and visit our gran near North Curry (8) |
| HOLDOVER | Postpone three holidays on the white cliffs (4,4) |
| INDEPENDENCEDAY | Annual U.S. public holiday celebrated on July 4 (12,3) |
| MOTHERS | A celebration on the second Sunday in May for Australia and the US, but in March for the English, ... Day became popular from 1908 (6'1) |
| CARUSO | Performer in the first U.S. public radio broadcast, 1910 |
| HERMIONE | And 23 Down Emma Garland in The Halcyon - last Monday, ITV (8,8) |
| MOM | Honoree on a day in May, for short |
| CDC | U.S. public health agency |
| USIA | U.S. public relations org. from 1953 to 1999 |
