| DAWNING | It's growing light and the wing is moving (7) |
| CURTAINRAISER | Machine in the wings is the first thing seen in theatre |
| OTTO | Man missing in the wings is Titania's lover |
| BRADLEY | James -; Astronomer Royal from 1742-62 who discovered the aberration of light and the nutation of Earth's axis (7) |
| INGOING | Approaching the airport wing to wing is never to be introduced |
| LOBELIA | Listener's bottom pain returned - it's growing (7) |
| JAMES | The Portrait of a Lady and The Wings of the Dove author whose literary friends included Hugh Walpole, Edith Wharton and Constance Fenimore Woolson (5) |
| EADIE | Betty, author of the books Embraced by the Light and The Awakening Heart (5) |
| HEIMDALLR | Norse god of light and the dawn and guardian of the rainbow bridge, Bifrost (9) |
| PARIS | It's been called the "City of Light" and the "City of Love" |
| SYON | - House; London home of the Duke of Northumberland with interiors by Robert Adam, used as a location for Love in a Cold Climate, Gosford Park and The Wings of the Dove (4) |
| RAMPLING | Actress in films including 45 Years, The Duchess, Georgy Girl and The Wings of the Dove (8) |
| DUTCHBULBS | Growing light products from the Netherlands |
| AUTHORISES | Gives a green light and the writer gets up in the morning I heard (10) |
| APOLLO | God of light and the sun... would soon take flight to the moon! (6) |
| DUVETCOVER | Bedding, light, and the rest, taken through Channel port (5,5) |
| DAWNED | It grew light and the dew appeared |
| SWEPTBACK | Brush returned at angle plane wing is set relative to its axis (9) |
| SHADEPLANT | It has adapted to grow in areas of low light and the Alps perhaps (5,5) |
| NEON | Chemical element with an atomic number of 10, as in the toadflax cultivar ' Lights', and the scented pink Dianthus '___ Star' (4) |
