| ORIONSBELT | Distinctive three-star asterism in the winter night sky |
| THEPLOUGH | Seven-star asterism in the constellation Ursa Major that appears on the state flag of Alaska (3,6) |
| PLOUGH | Seven-star asterism in Ursa Major (6) |
| BELT | Orion's _, asterism in the constellation of Orion (4) |
| DENEB | Brightest star in the constellation Cygnus, forming the head of the five-star asterism the Northern Cross (5) |
| AFFLICTION | "____'s sons are brothers in distress; / A brother to relieve, how exquisite the bliss!" (Robert Burns, A Winter Night) |
| FROST | "An Old Man's Winter Night" poet Robert |
| COZY | Like a warm bed on a winter night |
| VEGA | Forming the Summer Triangle asterism with Altair and Deneb, the brightest star in the northern constellation Lyra the "lyre" (4) |
| ORION | Constellation containing the "belt" asterism known as the Three Kings or Three Sisters (5) |
| DORMICE | Rodents a horror in boarding school on winter nights? |
| INTERN | This doctor stays in on winter nights! (6) |
| LEBERNARDIN | Manhattan-based seafood restaurant started by the Le Coze siblings that received the three-star rating from the Michelin Guide in 1980: 2 wds. |
| FRENCHLAUNDRY | The ___ celebrity chef Thomas Keller's California-based restaurant that received the three-star rating from the Michelin Guide in 2006: 2 wds. |
| INNATLITTLE | The ___ Washington Virginia-based luxury restaurant that received the three-star rating from the Michelin Guide in 2018: 3 wds. |
| ASI | "___in hoary winter's night": Southwell |
| ALNITAK | Central of the three stars making up the asterism Orion's Belt, lying between Alnitak and Mintaka (7) |
| GRITTER | Vehicle out on winter nights |
| URSA | ___ Major, Latin name for the constellation that contains the Big Dipper asterism (4) |
| STEALS | "The morning light ___ across my window pane / Where webs of snow are drifting..." - Gordon Lightfoot, "Song for a Winter's Night" |
