| ALGOL | Star which is also called Beta Persei is the prototype of a class of variable stars called eclipsing binaries (5) |
| RIGEL | Brightest star in the constellation Orion, also called Beta Orionis (5) |
| SIRIUS | Also known as the Dog Star, which is the brightest star in the night sky? (6) |
| REDGIANT | Large luminous star which is in a late phase of stellar evolution and has a radii hundreds of times larger than the Sun (3,5) |
| HENRIETTA | American astronomer, ___ Leavitt, noted for her work on variable stars, used by later astronomers to measure the distance to other galaxies (9) |
| NOVAS | Variable stars |
| NOVAE | Variable stars |
| ORIONSBELT | Noel orbits variable stars (6,4) |
| ORIGINAL | The prototype of a girl in love, perhaps (8) |
| AILETTE | A small square shield, worn on the shoulders, and the prototype of the modern epaulet. (7) |
| FLUSHING | Port in the Netherlands at the mouth of the West Scheldt river which is also called Vlissingen (8) |
| LOVEINAMIST | What is the common and romantic name for the fennel flower Nigella damascene, which is also called d |
| ETINARCADIAEGO | Latin phrase used as the title of two paintings by Nicolas Poussin, one of which is also called Les bergers d'Arcadie |
| INCUS | Bone in the middle ear of mammals which is also called the anvil (5) |
| DOYLE | Roddy -, author of the novels A Star Called Henry and The Woman Who Walked into Doors (5) |
| DUMMY | Ventriloquist's doll; prototype of a book; or, an exposed hand of cards (5) |
| BORNTOBEWILD | 1968 song by US band Steppenwolf whose lyrics coin the term 'heavy metal' and which is considered a prototype of the genre (4,2,2,4) |
| HYACINTH | Variety of the mineral zircon which is also called jacinth (8) |
| PERSEID | One of a group of shooting stars which appear each year around 10th August; first recorded in 36AD (7) |
| MIRFAK | Brightest star in the constellation Perseus also called Alpha Persei (6) |
