| NASAL | Like the first of May or the end of June? |
| FIFTH | Like the month of May or the letter "e" |
| ELDER | Like the first of two siblings agewise |
| DAWNCHORUS | Birdsong in May or the children on Christmas Day? (4,6) |
| FINISH | The last coat of paint or touch of veneer; the aftertaste of beer or wine; polish and refinement in social graces; surface texture of cloth or wood; or, the end of a hunt or a race (6) |
| SOLE | Underside or bottom of a boot, clubhead, foot, oven or plough; the floor of a ship's cabin; or, the end of the chanter of a set of bagpipes (4) |
| WRAP | A light dressing-gown, outdoor garment, sarong or shawl; a single turn or fold; clingfilm, foil, paper etc covering/concealing food or a gift; or, the end of a session of filming (4) |
| STUMPS | Tortillons used for softening hard edges or blending tones in works of art created with chalk, charcoal, Conte crayon, pastel or pencil; or, the end of a day's play in cricket (6) |
| MECCA | Place of special attraction, or the end of the hadj (5) |
| MARSHMALLOW | Sweet god of war to venerate around the first of May (11) |
| DOMINATED | Granted, around the first of May, I was in the driver's seat (9) |
| SALEM | Witch hunt in the market on the first of May (5) |
| IBIDEM | In the same place I wait on the first of May |
| DRAW | Start of a tournament ... or the end of a match? |
| FINNISH | A race - or the end of of a race, say (7) |
| FACTORY | Truth or the end of the century plant (7) |
| LANDING | Part of a flight or the end of one? |
| CHEWTOY | Puppy amuser ... or the end of the answer to each starred clue |
| SEMIVOWEL | The beginning or the end of Welsh rugby? |
| FORM | Is it the beginning or the end of feminism class? (4) |
