Crossword puzzle clue "apt starter for the first word of the longest answers"

Apt starter for the first word of the longest answers

Word that can follow the first word of this puzzle's four longest answers

Word that can precede the first word of the six longest puzzle answers

Final (and a word that can precede the first word of this puzzle's longest answers)

Govern, or word that can follow the first word of the four longest puzzle answers

Apt subject for today that's hidden in this puzzle's four longest answers

Queen whose name contains three apt words in a row, as does each of this puzzle's four longest answers

5/1 festival that's apt for this puzzle's eight longest answers