| RIVALS | Regular orbit of European returning from adversaries (6) |
| SLAV | European returning from the carnival soon (4) |
| SERB | Eastern European returning from Breslau |
| ESTEEM | Encounters European returning respect (6) |
| KUIPER | A region of the solar system beyond the orbit of Neptune, consisting of icy debris (6,4) |
| DANISH | European returning home in hurry |
| EDMOND | English astronomer best known for computing the orbit of an eponymous comet (6,6) |
| APOGEE | Point in the orbit of the moon that's furthest from the earth (6) |
| BORMAN | Frank, late astronaut who led the first human orbit of the Moon in 1968 (6) |
| ORRERY | Mechanical model of the solar system showing the orbits of the planets around the sun at the correct relative velocities (6) |
| HALLEY | English astronomer best known for computing the orbit of an eponymous comet - See 39 (0) |
| GALORE | Pussy ___, one of James Bond's adversaries (6) |
| APOGEAL | Of point of orbit of heavenly body farthest from earth (7) |
| ARMADA | Primarily, ancient Royal Marines' adversaries Drake annihilated? (6) |
| ARETHA | Franklin led American revolutionaries endeavouring to hit adversaries (6) |
| BELT | A region of the solar system beyond the orbit of Neptune, consisting of icy debris (6,4) |
| LOPE | E European returning to flee cut short (4) |
| ELOPE | Run away to wed an Eastern European returning to the East (5) |
| ENVELOP | Wrap up Eastern European returning with five points |
| KUIPERBELT | A flat ring of icy bodies that revolve around the sun beyond the orbit of Neptune (6,4) |
