| VESPER | Latin for evening; the planet Venus as the evening star; or, the Roman equivalent of Greek Hesperus (6) |
| VICTORIA | Capital of either Hong Kong or the Seychelles; or, the Roman equivalent of the Greek goddess Nike (8) |
| LUCIFER | The planet Venus as morning-star (7) |
| OPS | Roman equivalent of Greek goddess Rhea |
| HESPERUS | Venus as the evening star (8) |
| HESPER | Venus as the evening star (6) |
| VENUS | Celebrated in her earliest form as a spirit of kitchen gardens, a Roman love goddess whose name was given to the planet also known as Hesperus or the morning star (5) |
| HERCULES | In mythology, the Roman equivalent of a hero known for performing 12 labours including slaying the Nemean lion (8) |
| EVENING | The planet Venus appearing in the west at sunset was called the ... star |
| FLORA | Plant life collectively; or, the Roman goddess of (blossoming) plants and of the season of spring (5 |
| NEPTUNE | Eighth planet from the Sun; or, the Roman god of the sea (7) |
| LONGFELLOW | Poet remembered for narratives and ballads including The Wreck of the Hesperus, The Village Blacksmith and his epic The Song of Hiawatha (10) |
| EVENINGSTAR | One of the names (along with Hesperus) for Venus when it appears in the west evening sky after sunse |
| LUNA | Word for silver in ancient alchemy; or, the Roman goddess of the Moon (4) |
| ATHENE | Minerva is the Roman equivalent of which Greek goddess? (6) |
| HERMES | Mercury is the Roman equivalent of which messenger to Greek gods? (6) |
| TAURUS | Second sign of the zodiac, ruled by the planet Venus (6) |
| HEPHAESTUS | With the Roman equivalent Vulcan, the Greek god of fire, craftsmen, blacksmiths, metals and metallur |
| HESPERIDES | In Greek mythology, daughters of Hesperus who kept watch over the garden of the golden apples (10) |
| NERVOUSDISORDER | Complaint of Napoleon, or Caesar, or Venus, as Kropotkin might describe it (7,8) |
