| PROXIMACENTAURI | Closest known star to the sun, discovered by Scottish astronomer Robert Innes in 1915 (7,8) |
| CENTAURI | Closest star to the sun, discovered by British-born South African astronomer Robert Innes in 1915 (8) |
| PROXIMA | Closest star to the sun, discovered by British-born South African astronomer Robert Innes in 1915 (7) |
| PENICILLIN | One of the first antibiotics, accidently discovered by Scottish microbiologist Alexander Fleming in 1928 |
| ALPHACENTAURI | Binary star that is the second nearest star to the sun |
| MCCLURE | Doug ?, actor who played David Innes in 1976 fantasy film At the Earth's Core |
| CLOSEST | Like Proxima Centauri, among all stars, to the sun |
| HERSCHEL | English astronomer (son of William Herschel) who extended the catalogue of stars to the southern hemisphere and did pioneering work in photography (17921871). |
| SUNSET | The decline of our most well-known star? (6) |
| ASTERISK | Embroiled in disaster is known star (8) |
| SUN | What is the nearest star to the Earth called? (3) |
| NEVERLAND | Location found "second star to the right, and straight on till morning" |
| PETERPAN | "Second star to the right and straight on 'til morning" movie |
| JACKO | Embattled pop star, to the NY Post |
| LIMO | Car that might take a star to the Oscars |
| STARE | Look for a star to the East |
| MAPS | Featured star's "- to the Stars' |
| STRANGELAND | The ___, 1954 novel by Hammond Innes also published as The Naked Land (7,4) |
| NESSIE | Scottish legend to take part in Innes siege |
| THEMARY | See 17Dn. The 1956 novel by Hammond Innes about a ghost ship (3,4,5) |
