| CAPELLA | From the Latin meaning "she-goat" and located 42 light-years from Earth, a star system which is the brightest in the Charioteer constellation Auriga (7) |
| EPITAPH | Karen Carpenter's reads: "A Star on Earth, A Star in Heaven" |
| FIREWALL | Part of a computer system which is designed to block unauthorized access (8) |
| DOGSTAR | Colloquial term for Sirius, the binary star system 8.6 light years from Earth (3,4) |
| HUBBLE | NASA Telescope that has made some 1.3 million observations including MACS J1149 Lensed Star 1 (or Icarus), a star some 9 billion light-years from Earth (6) |
| HAERHPIN | What is one of the Romanised names of the major trade and communications city of central Manchuria, the capital of Heilongjiang, and located on the south bank of the Sungari River? (2-3-3) |
| SPICA | Brightest star in the constellation Virgo, lying about 260 light-years from Earth (5) |
| CRAB | - Nebula; remnant of a supernova in Taurus, 6,500 light years from Earth (4) |
| CRABNEBULA | Spanning 10 light years and located in Taurus, the shattered remnant of a star that ended its life i |
| TURMERIC | From "meritorious earth", a plant related to cardamom and ginger from whose zingiberaceous rhizome a yellow spice and dye is derived (8) |
| WEIGHT | Gravitational force by which a body is attracted to Earth; a unit used to measure said heaviness; boldness of a typeface; a metal block used with a balance; or, density of cloth (6) |
| SUN | Star at the center of the planetary system which furnishes it with heat, light and energy |
| OORTCLOUD | Hypothetical spherical area of comets which may lie nearly a light-year from the sun |
| GALAXY | A star system from a celebration kiss on the fourth of July |
| ALPHABET | A set of graphemes in a fixed order; or, rudiments in a system which combine to form a complex whole (8) |
| AIR | Invisible "ether" forming the atmosphere and supporting all life on Earth; a light breeze; or, a melody (3) |
| CHEVRE | French word for a goat and the cheese made from the milk of such (6) |
| GLOSSA | A mobile mass of muscular tissue covered with mucous membrane and located in the oral cavity. |
| BIMODAL | They can jump far because they have ___ breathing which allows them to take in more oxygen via arachnid lungs and a tracheal system which increases the blood pressure in their hind legs |
| TERRACOTTA | From the Italian meaning "baked earth", a form of unglazed clay earthenware used for flower pots, natural floor tiles, tapas dishes and Provencal confit pots (10) |
