| PROXIMACENTAURI | It's 4.28 light years from the Sun |
| OORTCLOUD | Hypothetical spherical area of comets which may lie nearly a light-year from the sun |
| BODEGA | Most of the group is retiring for a number of years from the overseas drinks' business (6) |
| MML | XLIII years from the publication of this puzzle |
| REPOSADO | A type of tequila which has been aged in oak for between two months and a year, from the Spanish for 'rested' |
| 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) |
| SPICA | Brightest star in the constellation Virgo, lying about 260 light-years from Earth (5) |
| 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) |
| CRAB | - Nebula; remnant of a supernova in Taurus, 6,500 light years from Earth (4) |
| DOGSTAR | Colloquial term for Sirius, the binary star system 8.6 light years from Earth (3,4) |
| ARCHIEMOORE | World light-heavyweight title-holder for ten years from 1952 until his retirement from boxing (6,5) |
| MORETTI | Italian specialist car maker, active for some 60 years from 1925, initially with own design cars but from the mid-fifties worked with Fiat base vehicles (7) |
| SANTA | "Ten times ten thousand years from now, he will continue to make glad the heart of childhood" according to a New York Sun editorial of September 21, 1897 |
| MATHIS | Who was the first ever singer to release a Greatest Hits album, in the charts for 9 1/2 years from 1958? (6,6) |
| JOHNNY | Who was the first ever singer to release a Greatest Hits album, in the charts for 9 1/2 years from 1958? (6,6) |
| MMCIV | 89 years from now, in the credits |
| FARFUTURE | Years and years from now |
| DECLUTTER | Clear out at the end of the year from liberal state |
| INDURAIN | Miguel, cyclist who won the Tour de France in five consecutive years from 1991-95 (8) |
| FORDTAURUS | Best-selling car in the U.S. for all years from 1992 to '96 |
