| SOLSTICE | A turning point in June and December for ground soils, etc. (8) |
| BIANNUALLY | Each June and December, for instance |
| OILRIGS | Manipulate in ground, soil and boring offshore workplaces (3,4) |
| METEOROLOGIST | Ground soil to get more in rain shower? (13) |
| SILOS | Where to store grains, soils, etc. |
| LANDSLIP | Movement of a large mass of soil, etc down the side of a mountain or cliff (8) |
| EMBRACED | May be March and December are covered (8) |
| CONQUEST | Major turning point in English history, stemming from events that unfolded a decade earlier during the reign of Edward the Confessor (6,8) |
| MUNNINGS | Equestrian/sporting artist who painted HRH The Prince of Wales on Forest Witch, Winter Landscape, When the wind blows cold and December Morning, Cornwall (8) |
| SERBVICE | Turning point in a tennis match, maybe |
| TRIBUNAL | Turning point in hearing — such as this? |
| YEARZERO | Turning point in history |
| SUMMERSOLSTICE | Most reel music's replayed at a turning point in time (6,8) |
| AXLEPIN | Explain about a turning point in a revolution |
| FULCRUM | A turning point in making a purdiase (7) |
| SHARPEVILLE | A turning point in South Africa's history occurred here in 1960, with the shooting of about 250 black demonstrators (11) |
| PAULUS | German field marshal whose surrender in Russia marked a turning point in the war (last name; 6) |
| MYCALE | Battle of 479 BC, a turning point in the wars between Greek city-states and Persia (6) |
| MARNE | Battle locale that marked a turning point in W.W. I |
| POTTERSWHEEL | A turning-point in the china clay industry (7,5) |
