| EXTENDEDFAMILY | People you may have seen over the holiday season, or a description of this puzzle's theme |
| FILBERT | Word for a cob or a hazelnut thought to derive from the name of the saint whose feast day coincided with the nutting season; or, a paintbrush used for oils (7) |
| DINOSAUR | Meet the ___! A prehistoric beast you may have seen in the film Jurassic Park |
| SUMMER | A time of blossoming or happiness; a poetic word for a year; one of the four seasons; or, from the Old French meaning "packhorse", a large beam or lintel (6) |
| TIDE | The sea's cyclic ebb and flow; an old or poetic word for a fair, festival or season; or, a turning point (4) |
| KIPPER | A male salmon during the spawning season; or, a copper-coloured cured herring to whose butterflied shape a wide necktie is likened (6) |
| CLIFFCLAVIN | Netflix announced last week that it will soon go streaming-only, ending its 25-year DVD-by-mail service; you may have seen this Boston mailman on one of them |
| NOEL | Christmas season... or a phonetic hint to how the starred clues must be read in order to make sense of their answers |
| TREBLE | Three sporting championships, victories, cups etc in one season; or, a type of crochet stitch (6) |
| STEMCELLS | Subject of some medical research ... or a description of this puzzle's theme? |
| BOTHAM | Star you may have seen at 2 a.m.? |
| TANGO | You may have seen the last one in Paris (5) |
| HARVEST | From the Old English meaning "autumn", the cutting and gathering of crops during the approach to the aforesaid season, or the name given to its corresponding full moon (7) |
| CALENDAR | System of organising days, months and years; a list of social events such as those of the British season; or, an almanac of annual dates and facts (8) |
| WINTERED | Spent a whole season or a short day outside Bury (8) |
| LIVINGONTHEEDGE | Taking risks, or, in another sense, a description of this puzzle's theme |
| ICEBREAKER | Get-to-know-you game, and a description of this puzzle's theme |
| DIVIDEDHIGHWAY | Route with lanes of opposing traffic separated by a barrier, and a description of this puzzle's fourth parted word |
| INSTRUMENTAL | Playing a part in, or a description of this puzzle's audio clips |
| SCHISM | Rift ... or, read in three parts, a description of this puzzle's theme |
