| OCTANS | A southern constellation containing the southern celestial pole (6) |
| CRATER | Small southern constellation containing the stars Alkes, Amansinaya and Hunahpu; the Cup (6) |
| MENSA | Faint southern constellation containing part of the Large Magellanic Cloud; the Table (5) |
| CARINA | Once a part of Argo Navis with Puppis and Vela, the Keel constellation containing the supergiant Canopus (6) |
| SCUTUM | The "Shield" constellation containing the Wild Duck Cluster (6) |
| CYGNUS | Latin word for swan; or, the constellation containing Deneb (6) |
| TUCANA | First depicted in Uranometria, a constellation containing most of the Small Magellanic Cloud that wa |
| GEMINI | Constellation containing Castor and Pollux (6) |
| CRUX | A cross; a southern constellation symbolised by said figure; a vital point or stage; a baffling problem or puzzle; or, the hardest point of a climb (4) |
| ORION | Named after a mythological Greek hunter, the constellation containing the stars Rigel and Betelgeuse (5) |
| CANISMINOR | Constellation containing the star Procyon, said to symbolise one of the dogs following the hunter Orion (5,5) |
| VENATICI | Canes -; the Hunting Dogs constellation containing the "Heart of Charles" star and the Sunflower and Whirlpool galaxies (8) |
| SCORPIUS | A constellation containing the Butterfly Cluster and the "rival of Mars" supergiant Antares (8) |
| CEPHEUS | Which constellation near the north celestial pole has a name derived from that of a king of Ethiopia (7) |
| URSAMINOR | Constellation containing the Pole Star (4,5) |
| CETUS | Large equatorial constellation containing the variable star Mira A (5) |
| APUS | Faint southern constellation near the south celestial pole; from Greek, 'footless' (4) |
| LEO | Constellation containing the star Regulus |
| MINOR | Ursa ___ (constellation containing the star Polaris) |
| LYRA | Constellation containing the Ring Nebula |
