| LAKSHMI | Hindu goddess of fortune and prosperity |
| TYCHE | Greek goddess of fortune and prosperity, counterpart of the Roman Fortuna (5) |
| DIWALI | Holiday honoring Lakshmi, the Hindu goddess of fortune |
| FORTUNA | The Roman goddess of fortune and good luck (7) |
| ROSA | Salvator -; Italian Baroque artist who painted Allegory of Fortune and Landscape with Tobias and the Angel (4) |
| KAYSTARR | American jazz singer whose hits in the 1950s included Wheel of Fortune and The Rock And Roll Waltz |
| SONY | Entertainment conglomerate that produces "Wheel of Fortune" and PlayStation |
| MERV | TV's Griffin, who created Wheel of Fortune and Jeopardy! |
| TAROTCARDS | Wheel of Fortune and others |
| GSN | TV channel for Wheel of Fortune and Jeopardy! |
| TIMEINC | Original parent co. of Fortune and People |
| MAE | Co-host of Fortune and Tig on "Handsome" |
| RELUCTANT | Unwilling for house payment to swallow most of fortune and reserves (9) |
| USHAS | Hindu goddess of the dawn; sister of Ratri, the goddess of the night (5) |
| UMAS | Thurman and the Hindu goddess of light and beauty |
| KALI | Hindu goddess of destruction and wife of Shiva (4) |
| VENUS | Roman goddess of love, beauty, fertility and prosperity (5) |
| SARI | Hindu goddess of time, creation, destruction and power (4) |
| LAXMI | Woman's name or goddess of wealth and prosperity for us Indians (5) |
| EYEOFOSIRIS | Symbol of good luck and prosperity on the brow of a Maltese fishing boat (3,2,6) |
