| RAYS | A starfish's arms; gleams of solace or intellectual light; or, sunbeams (4) |
| RELIEF | Solace or succour (6) |
| RAY | Fish or sunbeam |
| EYRE | Jane of fiction who says Even for me life had its gleams of sunshine |
| LEME | A gleam of light (archaic) (4) |
| HEFT | Weight (physical or intellectual) |
| ARLO | She won the Mercury Prize for her debut album Collapsed In Sunbeams (4,5) |
| ARMS | Starfish's five, usually |
| NEWSFLASHES | Reports of small gleams of light (4-7) |
| GRASP | A clutch of a nettle, for example; or, intellectual hold or understanding (5) |
| GLADE | With old senses "gleam of light" and "bright space between clouds", word for a forest clearing or dell in a wood (5) |
| AGRICULTURAL | Around the capital of Latvia, what relates to artistic or intellectual endeavour is a growth business. (12) |
| SMILES | Expressions with face-lightening radiant examples likened to sunbeams; favours or blessings; or, an old word for treats or drinks of whisky (6) |
| ASTRIDE | "They gave birth ___ of a grave, the light gleams an instant, then it's night once more": Samuel Beckett (7) |
| GLINT | A gleam of light (5) |
| BLINK | Start to budge connection showing momentary gleam of light (5) |
| BENIGHTMENT | State of moral or intellectual darkness |
| DULLNESS | Lack of visual or intellectual brightness (8) |
| RADIANT | Word, from "rod, spoke, staff", meaning beaming, emitting sunbeams, glowing brightly, lit up, resplendent, sending out light or shining with beauty, whether literally or figuratively (7) |
| GENIUS | One has outstanding creative or intellectual ability (6) |
