| TIEPOLO | Rococo painter of "Allegory of the Planets and Continents" |
| PARABLE | Short story having the power of allegory (7) |
| ORRERY | Clockwork model of the solar system showing the movements of the planets and moons around the Sun (6) |
| JUPITER | Largest of the planets and fifth from sun (7) |
| CASSINIHUYGENS | U.S.-European space mission to Saturn launched in 1997. After multiple flybys of the planet and its moons, a probe detached from the spacecraft and landed on Titan in 2005. Controllers sent the remain |
| ANSARA | One of the first women in Australia to work as a cinematographer, whose films include The Pursuit of Happiness (1988), an allegory of the Australian-US political relationship? (6) |
| OUDRY | French rococo painter and tapestry designer who drew inspiration from the fables of Jean de La Fontaine for his paintings for the apartment of Louis XV's son, the Dauphin, in the Palace of Versailles |
| SOLARSYSTEM | All the planets and moons in orbit around the Sun (5,6) |
| PLATO | Philosopher who originated the "allegory of the cave" |
| LORENZETTI | Ambrogio ?, Sienese painter whose works include the frescoes Allegory of Bad Government and Allegory of Good Government (10) |
| ENNEADS | The planets and others |
| SUITE | Holst's "The Planets," for one |
| ELGRECO | "Allegory of the Holy League" painter |
| ASTRONOMICAL | Relating to the scientific study of the stars, planets and the universe as a whole (12) |
| ROSA | Salvator -; Italian Baroque artist who painted Allegory of Fortune and Landscape with Tobias and the Angel (4) |
| FRAGONARD | French rococo painter (The Swing) |
| ASTROLABE | Instrument formerly used to measure the altitude of stars and planets and as a navigational aid |
| ASTRONOMY | Scientific study of the sun, moon, planets and stars (9) |
| ASTROLOGICAL | Like the supposed influence of planets and stars |
| ASTROGEOLOGY | Planetary science concerned with the geology of planets and other celestial bodies (12) |
