| REDLETTERDAY | Outstanding occasion when the opened mail is delivered? (3-6,3) |
| DAY | Outstanding occasion when the Russian mail arrives? (3-6,3) |
| DOT | Outstanding occasion when the Russian mail arrives? (3-6,3) |
| REDLETTER | Outstanding occasion when the Russian mail arrives? (3-6,3) |
| RED | What joy, when the mail is delivered at the Kremlin? (3,6,4) |
| ADDRESSEE | One to whom mail is delivered |
| LETTERBOX | Where mail is delivered (9) |
| THURSDAY | The Black one, in 1929, was the occasion when the Stock Exchange began to fall catastrophically, triggering the Great Depression |
| SOLSTICE | An occasion when the sun is furthest from the equator |
| THEOPERATINGTABLE | On which the opened up case is lying |
| OPENDAY | Occasion when the general public can visit (4,3) |
| PERILOUS | It's dangerous, I see, to take the opened purse out |
| WARS | Occasions when the arms are raised |
| PALPITATIONS | Occasions when the heart beats very fast in an irregular way (12) |
| TRYINGTIMES | Occasions when the sessions take place? (6,5) |
| POOREST | The mineral in the mail is of the lowest quality (7) |
| APPLES | The bookie goes pale when the fruit is delivered (6) |
| DOCILE | Half the mail is in code. Cracking is easily managed (6) |
| ACTIV | When the line "Double, double toil and trouble" is delivered in "Macbeth" |
| POSTDATE | Give a day in the future when mail is to be stamped? (8) |
