| CORONA | Aureola of the sun or moon caused by diffraction by cloud droplets or ice crystals; the trumpet of a daffodil or other narcissus; or, a circular chandelier in a church (6) |
| SUNDOG | Explained in Minnaert's Light and Colour in the Open Air, a parhelic bright spot on the 22 degrees halo caused by diffraction by ice crystals in clouds, often showing prismatic colours (6) |
| MANDORLAS | Italian "almonds", or rather beautiful oval-shaped aureolas of golden light or vesicae of glory in art (9) |
| YAG | Transparent crystal, the reverse of brightly-coloured |
| GLASS | Crystal, the Gman's daughter? (5) |
| HALO | Bright circle around the sun or moon caused by the refraction or reflection of light by ice crystals in the atmosphere (4) |
| 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) |
| RACE | The channel of a millstream, the course of the sun or moon; or, the rapid current or flow of the tides (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) |
| FRINGE | A border of loose threads, tassels or twists; hair or "bangs" falling over one's brow; non-mainstream theatre; or, a bright or dark band produced by diffraction or interference of light (6) |
| EVECTION | Periodical variation in the motion of the moon caused by the attraction of the sun (8) |
| AUREOLA | In art, a golden or luminous cloud represented encircling the body or head of a saint or other sacred personage; or, a halo around the sun or moon (7) |
| ECLIPSE | An obscuration of the light of the Sun or Moon by the intervention of another body (7) |
| WHITE | Colour of the cue ball in snooker, pool and billiards; or, the author of Charlottes Web and The Trumpet of the Swan (5) |
| DISC | Word derived from a quoit thrown in ancient Greek games, for a circular object such as a record, CD, centre of a daisy or the seemingly flat figure presented by the Sun or Moon (4) |
| 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) |
| PETALS | Modified leaves or corolla segments forming the "bells" of campanulas, foxgloves, heather or wild hyacinths, the "falls" of irises or the "trumpets" of bindweed etc (6) |
| SPRAY | Cloud of droplets; or, a brooch in the form of a bouquet of flowers (5) |
| TRANSIT | In astronomy, the passage of a planet across the face of the Sun or the Moon (7) |
| LIMB | The edge of the disc of the Sun or Moon as viewed from Earth (4) |
