| URIEL | Archangel who serves as the eyes of God in "Paradise Lost" |
| ARSERE | They blazed, as the eyes of the Palladium, Aen. 2.172 (syncop.) |
| ARES | Belligerent god in paradise, rather laid back (4) |
| ODIN | Flipping eye of God |
| ALDEBARAN | The brightest star in the constellation Taurus, known as the 'Eye of Taurus' (9) |
| GATE | Northern dialect for a path, street or way; a wicket or other hinged barrier in a fence, hedge or wall; a portal; a hole or aperture, such as the eye of a needle; or, a mountain pass (4) |
| YAHOOS | Brutish filthy humanoids embodying base instincts in Jonathan Swift's satire Gulliver's Travels who serve as the very antithesis of the Houyhnhnms, the rational equine rulers of their land (6) |
| GOVERNOR | Role of the politician who serves as the chief executive in each U.S. state (8) |
| SONIA | Gandhi who serves as the president of the Indian National Congress |
| GARUDA | Bird of Hindu mythology who serves as the vahana (mount) of Vishnu (6) |
| YAOMING | NBA star who serves as the chairman of the Chinese Basketball Association |
| KERRY | Politician who serves as the special presidential envoy for climate |
| DEANNATROI | Star Trek character played by Marina Sirtis who serves as the ship's counselor on USS Enterprise-D: 2 wds. |
| RAPHAEL | Archangel who conquered the demon Asmodeus in the apocryphal Old Testament book of Tobit (7) |
| RUPAUL | The creator of the Drag Race franchise, who serves as a judge on several of its shows (6) |
| MICHAEL | Archangel who battles Satan in the Book of Revelation |
| GABRIEL | Archangel who foretold the birth of Jesus to the Virgin Mary (7) |
| LOGOS | The Word of God in Christian theology, incarnate in the person of Jesus Christ (5) |
| CAT | Any one of the felines depicted in a poem by T. S. Eliot that serves as the basis of a musical by Andrew Lloyd Webber (3) |
| DANILOV | Monastery in Moscow that serves as the headquarters of the Russian Orthodox Church (7) |
