| LIMBS | Apparent edges of the discs of the Sun or the Moon; graduated arcs of sextants and quadrants; or, the halves forming archery bows (5) |
| RING | Circlet for securing a rolled table napkin; or, any one of the discs of ice, dust and moonlets orbiting Saturn (4) |
| LIMB | The edge of the disc of the Sun or Moon as viewed from Earth (4) |
| QUADRANT | From the Latin meaning "four", a fourth part/sector of a circle; or, a mariner or stargazer's old instrument with a graduated arc of 90 degrees for measuring altitudes (8) |
| SCONE | A large round bannock of wheat or barley cut into quadrants; or, a cake served with a cream tea (5) |
| ETAS | Greek letters that become other Greek letters by adding B or Z or TH at the start |
| RADII | Movable arms of sextants? Excellent couple (5) |
| NAUTICAL | Like sextants and tide charts |
| PHONEME | "Sh" or "th," linguistically |
| OCTANT | Navigation device replaced by the sextant and figuratively placed amongst the stars as a constellation (6) |
| VANE | Another word for a weathercock; a vexillum of a feather; or. a sight on a quadrant or azimuth compass (4) |
| TRANSIT | Passage of planet across the disc of the sun |
| ATEN | Ancient Egyptian solar god represented by the disc of the sun (4) |
| SQUAILS | Ninepins; a cross between bowls and ha'penny played on a table top with a jack, swoggle and discs of the same name; or, weighted throwing sticks (7) |
| ARROW | Symbol on any of the discs in the countryside waymarked yellow for footpaths or blue for bridleways (5) |
| POGS | Collectible discs of the 1990s |
| RISE | Ascent; the surfacing of a fish to take a fly; the appearance of the Sun or the Moon above the horizon; the height of an arch, incline or step; or, an angry or excited response (4) |
| DIGIT | Word for 1/12 of the diameter of the Sun or the Moon; a numeral; any one of the fingers, so called for the practice of counting on said pinkies, pointers or "Onkaparingas"; or, a finger-breadth (5) |
| RACE | The channel of a millstream, the course of the sun or moon; or, the rapid current or flow of the tides (4) |
| HALO | Word for a circle of light round the Sun or the Moon originally, later the nimbus of a saint; or, the figurative aura of glory of a venerated person (4) |
