| VANITYFAIR | Year-long festival founded by 'Beezlebub, Apollyon and Legion' in John Bunyan's The Pilgrim's Progress (1678) (6,4) |
| ALDEBURGH | Suffolk resort famed for its music festival founded by Benjamin Britten (9) |
| STEVENS | Star of Downton Abbey and Legion, Dan _ (7) |
| ARRESTED | (& 13-down) PROGRE 28-across? (8,11) |
| DESTROYER | Apollyon maybe sacked city in desolate region that's endless |
| SATANIST | Apollyon adherent |
| SATAN | Apollyon |
| SLOUGHOFDESPOND | Deep bog lying between the City of Destruction and the Wicket Gate in John Bunyan's The Pilgrim's Progress (1678) (6,2,7) |
| GIANT | Owner of Doubting Castle in John Bunyan's The Pilgrim's Progress (5,7) |
| DESPAIR | Owner of Doubting Castle in John Bunyan's The Pilgrim's Progress (5,7) |
| OLYMPIANS | General description of athletes competing in the quadrennial sports festival founded in its modern form by Baron Pierre de Coubertin in 1896 (9) |
| EAVIS | Dairy farmer whose festival founded in Pilton in 1970 has been headlined by acts including David Bowie, Paul McCartney, Adele and Coldplay (5) |
| MONTGOMERY | The "where" and "what" of a year-long, pivotal civil rights event instigated by Rosa Parks |
| BUSBOYCOTT | The "where" and "what" of a year-long, pivotal civil rights event instigated by Rosa Parks |
| SXSW | Annual music and film festival founded in 1987, briefly |
| TRIBECA | Film festival founded as a reponse to the 9/11 attacks |
| BEAUGESTE | An accused gem thief runs away to join the French Foreign Legion in this PC Wren novel (4,5) |
| BLING | Fancy clothes, etc, suitable for the British Legion, in good order (5) |
| SEASONTICKET | Presumably this will get one into the Spring Show for going to the RDS all year long (6,6) |
| SCARGILL | Trade unionist who led a year-long strike by British miners in 1984-85, Arthur ___ (8) |
