| CHIRON | 2060 ?, minor planet discovered in 1977 whose orbit lies between those of Saturn and Uranus (6) |
| URANUS | Planet whose orbit lies between those of Saturn and Neptune (6) |
| ESTHER | Book of ___, section of the Old Testament between those named after Nehemiah and Job (6) |
| MERINO | Sheep wandered off? Minor point! (6) |
| PRENUP | Contract between those about to marry (3-3) |
| PARDONER | Carrier of false relics in Chaucer's Canterbury Tales; teller of the tale usually told 14th between those of the Physician and the Shipman (8) |
| THEPOLICE | Band formed in London in 1977 whose first album was Outlandos d'Amour, and second Regatta de Blanc (3,6) |
| INFERIOR | ____ planet, one whose orbit lies inside that of the Earth (8) |
| EARTH | Planet whose orbit of the sun is between that of Venus and Mars (5) |
| DEFLEPPARD | English rock band, formed in Sheffield in 1977, whose albums include Pyromania and Hysteria |
| VERITAS | In Roman mythology, the goddess of truth, a daughter of Saturn and the mother of Virtue (7) |
| ICEHOUSE | Australian band, formed in 1977, whose biggest hits were Hey, Little Girl and Great Southern Land (8) |
| TITAN | The largest moon of Saturn and the only moon in the solar system known to have clouds and a dense atmosphere. It is the only body other than Earth that is known to currently have liquid on its surface |
| INTERLEAVE | To place extra pages between those of a book |
| LINGUAFRANCA | Language commonly used between those whose native tongues are different (6,6) |
| SUPEREARTH | Term for a hypothetical exoplanet, larger than our world, yet lighter than gas giants Jupiter, Neptune, Saturn and Uranus (5-5) |
| ANIMALS | Tenth studio album by English rock band Pink Floyd (1977), whose tracks include 'Dogs' and 'Sheep' (7) |
| OLDSCHOOLTIE | System of favours between those with a privileged education (3,6,3) |
| PLUTO | Dwarf planet discovered in 1930 by C. Tombaugh, from earlier calculations made by Percival Lowell (5) |
| BINGCROSBY | Singer-actor, 1903-1977, whose first names were Harry Lillis (4,6) |
