| FOUR | From the Greek meaning "season", the 24th part of the day (4) |
| HOUR | 24th part of the day (4) |
| ENCHILADA | Meaning "season with chilli" and referred to in an expression synonymous with "big cheese", a tortilla-based burrito-like dish (9) |
| RUFF | A reeve's male counterpart, named for its distinguishing frill or collar of ornamental neck feathers in the breeding season; the perch-like pope; the old card game "trump"; or, a low vibrating beat of |
| STYX | Hellish waters, the 24th abode of the swine? (4) |
| EAST | From the Greek meaning "dawn", the direction of the rising Sun (4) |
| SALT | Season the last stew (4) |
| FILO | From the Greek meaning "leaf", pastry in the form of thin sheets (4) |
| KAYE | Host of the 24th Academy Awards |
| XRAY | Communications code word for the 24th letter (1-3) |
| POLL | ___ tax (fee prohibited by the 24th Amendment) |
| EPIC | From the Greek meaning "word", a Homeric poem, for example; or, a set of events deemed comparable (4) |
| RANSOME | Author of the Swallows and Amazons series as well as The Child's Book of the Seasons, The Things in our Garden and The Book of Friendship (7) |
| JOANMIR | Winning rider of the opening race of the 2017 Moto3 season, the Qatar GP (4,3) |
| STEAM | After the start of the season, the side produces a source of power (5) |
| OMEGA | The 24th and last letter of the Greek alphabet (5) |
| SCOFIELD | Actor in A Man for All Seasons, the 1996 Arthur Miller film version of The Crucible and an adaptation of Michael Morpurgo's Why the Whales Came (8) |
| CATNIP | Scan review in first publication of the growing season- the Siamese will love it (6) |
| FEATHERS | Each year, after the mating season, the peacocks moult and lose their eye ___ on the tail |
| AKKAD | Sargon of ___ (reigned in the 24th/23rd centuries BC), one of the world's earliest empire builders (5) |
