| THOTH | Mythological Egyptian god of the moon, and of wisdom and learning (5) |
| ASPS | Mythological Egyptian beasts |
| SARAS | With 5 Down, Hindu Goddess of wisdom and learning |
| DIANA | In Roman myths, goddess of the moon and of hunting (5) |
| ADAMS | Astronomer who explained the origin of the Leonid meteor swarms, described the motion of the Moon and independently calculated Neptune's position, by mathematical rather than observational means (5) |
| AKELA | From the name of a wolf in stories by Rudyard Kipling, a symbol of wisdom and leadership in the Cubs division of the Scouting movement (5) |
| LUNAR | Star missing debut in God of the Moon (5) |
| TIDES | Caused by the pull of the moon and the sun's gravity |
| KHNUM | Egyptian god of the source of the Nile |
| NEPAL | Asian country whose national flag is a double pennon showing images of the moon and sun (5) |
| USAGE | You meet the man of wisdom and take up the practice |
| HORUS | Egyptian god of the sun (5) |
| TIDE | The periodic rise and fall of the sea due to the attraction of the moon and the sun |
| SHIALABEOUF | Fury, Disturbia, Lawless, Transformers: Dark of the Moon and Indiana Jones And The Kingdom of the Crystal Skull are films in which this US actor starred (4,7) |
| MAUGHAM | Author of The Moon and Sixpence, The Painted Veil and Cakes and Ale whose wife Syrie was an interior designer noted for rooms entirely in shades of white (7) |
| HIPGNOSIS | Punnily named design house that did the iconic album covers for "The Dark Side of the Moon" and "Houses of the Holy" |
| OSIRIS | Egyptian god of the underworld and judge of the dead (6) |
| LPS | Pink Floyd's "The Dark Side of the Moon" and "The Wall" |
| NABU | (Babylonian) God of wisdom and agriculture and patron of scribes and schools. |
| MIN | An Egyptian god of the desert, thunder, storms and of fertility (3) |
