| HOLI | Hindu spring festival of colours involving revelry with gulal (4) |
| RANGOLI | Indian folk art using colourful chalk, gulal, rice flour, sand etc to decorate floors during Diwali (7) |
| DAVE | He won Hereford's Wye Spring festival 2023 - (*observed rat) (4,7) |
| ASIA | Where Tet and Spring Festival are celebrated |
| MAYQ | Spring festival honoree |
| HINDU | Festival of Colors celebrant |
| MAYQUEEN | Miss the focal point of a spring festival? |
| PASSOVER | Jewish spring festival commemorating the liberation of the Israelites from Egyptian bondage |
| COTONEASTER | Shrub bed, one briefly connected with spring festival (11) |
| EASTEREGG | Chocolate treat associated with a spring festival (6,3) |
| EASTER | Person dining, taking in opening of spring festival (6) |
| AZALEA | Floral subject of a spring festival in some Southern cities |
| ROBERTS | He won Hereford's Wye Spring festival 2023 - (*observed rat) (4,7) |
| EASTEREGGS | Do they encourage people to get cracking at the spring festival? (6,4) |
| EASTERTIDE | Period of Spring festival |
| EASTERN | Spring festival given name like 6, 7, 21s and the 25? (7) |
| HOTCROSSBUN | At sea, bosun's torch toasted spring festival treat (3,5,3) |
| SOUTHEASTER | Gale disperses shout at spring festival (11) |
| EASTERBONNET | It went to one's head at the spring festival (6,6) |
| MAYDAY | Traditional spring festival known to the ancient Celts as Beltane (3,3) |