| PHILIPLARKIN | Poet who wrote The Whitsun Weddings, d. 1985 (6,6) |
| LARKIN | Poet who wrote The Whitsun Weddings and High Windows (6) |
| PHILIP | 20th Century English poet who wrote The Whitsun Weddings and High Windows (6,6) |
| TOASTS | Things a wedding D.J. might introduce |
| DAYS | Philip Larkin poem included in The Whitsun Weddings (4) |
| LAURA | ___ Ashley, Welsh fashion and textile designer, d. 1985 (5) |
| ASHLEY | Laura ___ , Welsh fashion designer, d. 1985 (6) |
| LAURAASHLEY | Welsh textile and fashion designer, d. 1985 (5,6) |
| CHAGALL | Russian-born French early modernist painter, d. 1985 (7) |
| ASCENSIONTIDE | The ten days leading up to Whitsun Eve |
| UNST | During Whitsun, stopped on the island (4) |
| TERMINUS | After reflection during Whitsun, I'm retiring -- end of the line (8) |
| UNCLE | Relative appears during Whitsun, clearly |
| UNISON | Agreement during Whitsun is ongoing (6) |
| UNCONCERN | During Whitsun, concerned about apathy (9) |
| UNITE | In Whitsun I tearfully wed (5) |
| UNJUSTLY | During Whitsun just Lynn had been treated unfairly (8) |
| TSUNAMI | Throughout Whitsun, a minister gets big wave (7) |
| UNQUIET | During Whitsun quietness was disturbed (7) |
| PINXTER | An old American name for Whitsun (7) |
