| SUN | 4.6 billion-year-old star and largest object in our solar system, so vast its volume would need some 1.3 million Earths to fill it; or, splendorous depiction of thus (3) |
| SOS | One would need some help to get up and down here (3) |
| GLORY | The renown of the old stars and stripes (5) |
| SOL | Star that has sustained life on Earth for some 4.6 billion years (3) |
| EARTH | Formed approximately 4.6 billion years ago during the Hadean Eon, our home planet (5) |
| FORESTS | So Green! So Vast! Canada has many, many, many of these |
| ART | "So vast is ___, so narrow human wit": Alexander Pope |
| COSMOS | Edgy commando seldom overlooks something so vast |
| GANYMEDE | Largest moon of Jupiter, ninth largest object in the Solar System (8) |
| ASIA | With some 4.6 billion people, 48 countries and mountain ranges including the Hindu Kush and Himalayas, Earth's largest continent (4) |
| BETTYWHITE | 90-year-old star of Hot in Cleveland (2 wds.) |
| ARALSEA | Formerly large saltwater lake in Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan that has lost around 90% of its volume since the 1960s (4,3) |
| RIMES | Country singer who was an 8-year-old "Star Search" contestant |
| JUDIDENCH | 82-year-old star of "Victoria & Abdul" who vows to never quit working |
| CERES | Largest object in the asteroid belt |
| PLUTO | Largest object in the Kuiper belt |
| ALAN | ___ Kim, 7-year-old star of the Golden Globe-winning "Minari" |
| NIKKIWEBSTER | 2000 Olympic opening ceremony's 13-year-old star (5,7) |
| EVER | Fun fact: The sea sponge doesn't have a digestive system, so it lives its whole life without ___ pooping |
| EWER | It's in the Wernerian system so it must hold water (4) |
