| NEXTBESTTHING | Secondchoice item following the nearest to the finest (44,5) |
| MERCURY | The smallest planet in the Solar System and the nearest to the sun (7) |
| EASTERN | Possible the nearest to a Bollywood cowboy movie? (7) |
| CALAIS | Port in N. France, the nearest to England (6) |
| DEAREST | I'm the nearest to you my darling (7) |
| FLOUR | From a homophonic word for a bloom, in the sense "the best part", the name given to "the finest quality of ground wheat", aka milled grain, for making bread, cakes or pastry (5) |
| NEXT | The nearest to |
| PERIGEE | The point in its orbit when the moon is nearest to the earth (7) |
| STALLS | The area of seats on the ground floor of a theatre nearest to the stage (6) |
| HARVESTMOON | The full moon occurring nearest to the autumnal equinox (7,4) |
| CONCHA | Bowl-shaped section of the ear nearest to the ear canal (6) |
| FRONTROW | Nearest to the players on the rugby pitch (5,3) |
| ANDROMEDA | The spiral galaxy nearest to the Milky Way (9) |
| INNER | The red ring nearest to the centre of a target in archery (5) |
| DEEPEST | Being nearest to the bottom, hate to lose time for record (7) |
| HARVEST | Full moon seen nearest to the time of the autumnal equinox (7) |
| STROKES | Flourishes or marks made by paintbrushes, pencils or pens; or, the rhythm-setting oars/rowers seated nearest to the sterns of shells (7) |
| OFFSIDE | A horse or vehicle's right, nearest to the centre of the road (7) |
| SATURN | Planet sixth nearest to the sun |
| URANUS | Planet seventh nearest to the sun |
