| COMICCON | Annual pop culture event in San Diego, this year from July 21st to July 24th |
| CON | Comic-___ (annual event in San Diego) |
| EEL | Electric ___ (roller coaster debuting at SeaWorld San Diego this summer) |
| FREEFALL | Ugh! Nosedive from the 21st to the 5th? (8) |
| COMIC | Annual pop culture event, Oz _ -Con (5) |
| BUCHERONS | July 22nd to July 24th, 2016: Lumberjack heritage Festival des ___ (Annual bilingually-titled event |
| TOBEER | July 22nd to July 24th, 2016... 'Golden' drink/ culinary/music event in Canada's largest city, _ _ _ |
| FOLSOM | ___ Street Fair (annual B.D.S.M. and leather-pride event in San Francisco) |
| INVICTUSGAMES | Competitive international sports event for wounded, injured and sick service men and women taking place in Toronto this year from September 23rd to September 30th: 2 wds. |
| SAINTQUENTIN | New Brunswick town which is home to the Maple Capital of Atlantic Canada Festival, this year from April 11th to April 16th |
| HYSTERIA | Suffering this year from psychiatric disorder (8) |
| CLAIRE | Former MP - Rail Minister from July 2014 to July 2016 (6, 5) |
| PENNY | Former MP - Rail Minister from July 2014 to July 2016 (6, 5) |
| WADDOCK | Gary ___, Oxford United manager from March to July this year (7) |
| BRITISHEMPIREGAMES | 70th Anniversary! Commonwealth athletes competed in this international multi-sport event in Vancouver from July 30th to August 7th, 1954: 3 wds. |
| KIDNAPPED | Novel by Robert Louis Stevenson first published in the magazine Young Folks from May to July 1886 |
| HONDAINDYTORONTO | Velocity event of July 15th to July 17th, 2022 at Exhibition Place: 3 wds. |
| JIMREEVES | Which singer, who died in 1964, had a single in the charts every year from 1970 to 1984? (3,6) |
| OTT | National Leaguer who was ranked first, second, or third in walks every year from 1929 to 1944 |
| EMMA | Top name in a Social Security Administration list every year from 2014 to 2017 |
