| RANGEFINDER | An instrument for determining the distance of an object from the observer (11) |
| RELIC | An object from the past, especially one with historical significance (5) |
| CRYOSCOPE | An instrument for determining freezing points (9) |
| LEVER | A crowbar that can prise out or dislodge an object from its position (5) |
| EDWINHUBBLE | US astronomer whose eponymous law states that the velocity of a galaxy is proportional to its distance from the observer (5,6) |
| ECHOSOUNDER | Device for determining the depth of the sea (4,7) |
| TIMECAPSULE | Sealed container with objects from the present to be opened in the future (4,7) |
| SPIRITLEVEL | Device for determining the horizontal (6, 5) |
| LENGTH | Span of a horse from nose to tail as a measure of the lead in a race; or, the distance of a swimming pool from one end to the other (6) |
| EDWIN | US astronomer (1889-1953) whose eponymous law states that the velocity of a galaxy's recession is proportional to its distance from the observer (5) |
| HUBBLE | US astronomer (1889-1953) whose eponymous law states that the velocity of a galaxy's recession is proportional to its distance from the observer (6) |
| BOOKREVIEWER | Tends to be critical of reserve price from second last article from The Observer (4,8) |
| ANTIQUE | Quite an altered object from the past? (7) |
| FINDER | A discoverer; or, a short word for an optical device on a camera for determining the field of view (6) |
| SORTING | Magical object from the Harry Potter films; _ hat (7) |
| POINTS | --- system, a method for determining the winner of a cricket series involving multiple formats of matches (6) |
| HYBRIDISATIONS | Techniques for determining the similarity of two DNA or RNA strands from different sources (14) |
| ABSCISSA | In Cartesian co-ordinates, the distance of a point from the vertical axis (8) |
| BODESLAW | Empirical rule relating the distances of the planets from the sun (5,3) |
| AZIMUTHS | In a spot, letter has extremist angles from the Observer's point of view (8) |
