| Answer | Crossword Clue |
|---|---|
| DEBT | It's due on the day of reckoning |
| RENT | It's usually due on the first of the month |
| TET | It's usually celebrated on the same day as Chinese New Year |
| CHINA | It celebrates National Day on October 1 (and it's where the answers to starred clues were invented) |
| LINT | It's trapped on laundry day |
| TOY | It's present on Christmas Day? |
| COOLAIR | It's welcome on a hot day |
| MOTHERHOOD | It's celebrated on a day in May |
| HAT | It's worn on a bad hair day |
| YEAR | Strangely, it's shorter than a day on Venus |
| OCT | Mo. with a holiday on its final day |
| BLOWY | Like a day when it's hard to hold on to your hat |
