| ZENITH | Point in the sky or celestial sphere directly above an observer (6) |
| MIDAIR | Occurring in the sky or well above the ground (3-3) |
| SERENE | From the Latin for "clear", a word used to mean fair, pure or unclouded, as of the sky or the air; calm, peaceful and tranquil; or, as part of a royal title, honoured (6) |
| HEAVEN | Name for the firmament or apparent abode of God, regarded as beyond the sky; or, by extension, a place or state of supreme bliss (6) |
| NADIR | The point on the celestial sphere directly below an observer, diametrically opposite the zenith (5) |
| CANOPY | From Greek for "mosquito", word for a net over a bed originally, later for various overhead things, including an awning, parachute, parasol, the sky or a tree's crowning overstory (6) |
| AETHER | Personification of the sky or upper air breathed by the Olympians. |
| CAELUM | The sky or heaven, quod tegit omnia, Ovid Met. 1.5 |
| LUMBAR | Like the vertebrae directly above the pelvis |
| SPHERE | It may be social or celestial |
| VIEWER | A television watcher; an observer of a piece of art; a spectator generally; a colliery superintendent; or, a device for looking at film transparencies (6) |
| CORNEA | Centre containing new area, part for an observer? (6) |
| LOOP | A picot; an aerobatic manoeuvre in which an aircraft describes a circle in the sky; or, a 360-degree turn or inversion on a rollercoaster (4) |
| ALOFT | High up, like an eagle in the sky - or in an attic, by the sound of it (5) |
| ALAN | Rickman of 'Eye in the Sky,' or Parsons who wrote 'Eye in the Sky' |
| EYELID | Cover for an observer? (6) |
| SOLSTICE | From the Latin for "sun", either the shortest day of the year or its longest, when said star reaches its highest or lowest point in the sky at noon (8) |
| LOOKON | Be an observer |
| EPICENTRE | Point directly above an earthquake's focus (9) |
| YAW | Twist in the sky or swerve off course |
