| TALENTSPOTTING | Search for stars and erratic planets in addition (6-8) |
| BEETLES | Biologist JBS Haldane said: "God has an inordinate fondness for stars and ... "Nickname for the old Volksie. (8) |
| IMDB | Good place to search for stars |
| WANDER | Some slow and erratic ramble (6) |
| GANDER | Look, it's somewhat wavering and erratic (6) |
| RUSTLESUP | Presents with fungal disease and erratic pulse (7,2) |
| MEANDER | Spume and erratic little wind (7) |
| WAYWARD | Disobedient and erratic |
| GASGIANT | One of the four planets in our solar system that are composed chiefly of hydrogen and helium, namely Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune (3,5) |
| GRAVITY | Described in Einstein's general theory of relativity, universal force of attraction among matter that holds the planets in orbit around the Sun and causes ocean tides (7) |
| ASPECT | Any of the angular relationships of the planets in astrology (6) |
| ASPECTS | Angular relationships between the planets in a horoscope; or, views in certain directions (7) |
| THEMED | On a subject, like planets in this crossword? (6) |
| ERIS | Named after the Greek goddess of discord and strife, one of the largest known dwarf planets in the solar system (4) |
| SYSTEM | Set of bodily organs with a common function; or, a gravitationally bound group of planets in orbit a star (6) |
| NINE | Number of planets in our solar system, before Pluto's demotion |
| FOUR | Number of rocky planets in the solar system |
| PLUTO | With five known moons, one of the dwarf planets in the Kuiper belt (5) |
| EARTH | Fifth largest of the planets in the solar system (5) |
| VENUS | One of two planets in the solar system that lacks a moon |
