| USHAS | Hindu goddess of the dawn |
| MATINS | From the name of a goddess of the dawn, word for the daybreak or sunrise canonical hour; a service of morning prayer; or, the morning song or dawn chorus of birds (6) |
| DURGA | From the Sanskrit for "inaccessible", the lion- or tiger-riding demon-buffalo-slaying Hindu goddess of valour and victory (5) |
| LAXMI | Hindu goddess of wealth |
| START | Sun the first sign of the dawn (5) |
| AURORA | The Roman Eos, a daughter of Hyperion and the goddess of the dawn (6) |
| EOS | In Greek mythology, the winged goddess of the dawn and daughter of Hyperion - and in gardening, a cultivar of both Geum coccineum and Ixia paniculata (3) |
| CERES | 2015 destination of the Dawn space probe |
| LAKSHMI | The Hindu goddess of wealth, fortune and prosperity and the consort of the god Vishnu (7) |
| VOYAGE | The - of the Dawn Treader ; third of the seven novels in The Chronicles of Narnia series by C. S. Lewis (6) |
| KALI | Hindu goddess of destruction, from whom the city of Kolkata is thought to be named (4) |
| SARAS | With 5 Down, Hindu Goddess of wisdom and learning |
| UMAS | Thurman and the Hindu goddess of light and beauty |
| GANESA | The Hindu goddess of wisdom (6) |
| DIWALI | Holiday honoring Lakshmi, the Hindu goddess of fortune |
| TREADER | "The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn ___" |
| NARNIA | Fantasy, The Chronicles of ___: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader |
| SARI | Hindu goddess of time, doomsday and death, named from the Sanskrit for 'dark' (4) |
| ANNAPURNA | Mountain in Nepal named after the Hindu goddess of food (9) |
| SARASVATI | Hindu goddess of learning |
