| SUNSHINE | Light received from the star at the centre of our solar system; or, a friendly or ironic form of address (8) |
| SUNLIGHT | Electromagnetic radiation emanating from the star at the centre of our solar system that is a key factor in photosynthesis and a major source of vitamin D (8) |
| REDSHIFT | Increase in the wavelength of light received from a receding celestial object (3,5) |
| AMICUS | A boyfriend, or a friendly chap |
| MILD | Having a friendly or generous nature or attitude (4) |
| KIND | Having a friendly or generous nature or attitude (4) |
| SCHMOOZED | Gossiped in a friendly or intimate manner (9) |
| CATEGORIC | Absolute green light received by whiskery sort, Ernie's partner (9) |
| HIJACKS | Commandeers ... or a friendly hello to the people starting 18-, 24-, 51- and 62-Across? |
| SUNBEAMS | Crepuscular rays derived from the light- and warmth-producing star some 93 million miles away at the centre of our solar system (8) |
| SUN | The star at the center of our solar system |
| BUG | A word for an object of dread originally, later a creepy-crawly or minibeast; a harmful micro-organism or viral disease; a gremlin in a computer system; or, a miniature microphone, hidden for secret e |
| CHESELBOURNE | Our son likes to have a beer in the Lion's Head in the centre of our village, right next to the church about three miles from Milton Abbas (12) |
| LINE | Length of cord for peg-hung laundry; a branch of a rail system; or, a row of printed words (4) |
| ELEVEN | Number of points in the star at the Statue of Liberty's base |
| ALYA | The star at the end of the serpent's tail |
| POWELLMASONLINE | Part of S.F.'s cable car system, or a bit of dialogue from actors Dick and James? |
| VEIN | One of three types of blood vessel forming the circulatory system; or, a gold-bearing fracture in rock (4) |
| BOOHAY | This hot-headed boy lives in the middle of our road, about a mile from Kingswear (6) |
| OER | ___ the land of the free ... (lyric from The Star-Spangled Banner) |
