| METEORS | Luminous phenomena observed in the night sky, also called fireballs or shooting stars; or, dazzling but shortlived moments of wonderment (7) |
| METEOR | Any one of the shooting stars or fireballs collectively falling as a shower from a principal radiant (6) |
| OMENS | Things considered auguries of good or bad luck such as black cats, four-leaf clovers or shooting stars (5) |
| SIRIUS | The brightest star in the night sky also called the Dog Star (6) |
| ACHERNAR | Ninth-brightest star in the night sky, also called Alpha Eridani (8) |
| AURORAS | Luminous phenomena |
| SUPERMOONS | Celestial phenomena observed at perigees |
| DRAGON | Chinese Fireball or Norwegian Ridgeback, in Harry Potter |
| SPLENDOUR | Great or dazzling brightness (9) |
| GLARED | Shone with a strong or dazzling light (6) |
| URSAMINOR | Constellation located in the far northern sky, also known as the Little Dipper (4,5) |
| GALAXY | From "milk", the so-called milky vault or way comprising billions of stars; or, a splendid assemblage of brilliant, dazzling or illustrious human stars (6) |
| DODECATHEON | Genus of the perennial plants known as American cowslip, or shooting star (11) |
| CARS | A Ferris wheel's gondolas; or, from the Latin for "two-wheeled wagons", vehicles such as the early tin lizzies or shooting brakes or those featured at the Goodwood Festival of Speed (4) |
| VELA | Constellation in the southern sky also known as the Sails |
| UFO | A weather balloon or shooting star might be mistaken for it: Abbr. |
| OMEN | Black cat or shooting star, to some |
| PRESERVE | From "to keep", a word for a chase where game is kept for private hunting or shooting; or, chutney, jam, marmalade or other such food, bottled or pickled for keeping (8) |
| GUNDOG | Any one of a gamekeeper or shooting party's canine companions assisting in flushing "feathers", pointing out prey, retrieving "fur" or setting game throughout the day (3,3) |
| CENT | Small change in the US, observed in the last century (4) |
