| AURORA | The dawn (poet) |
| MATINS | From the name of a goddess of the dawn, word for the daybreak or sunrise canonical hour; a service of morning prayer; or, the morning song or dawn chorus of birds (6) |
| VOYAGE | The - of the Dawn Treader ; third of the seven novels in The Chronicles of Narnia series by C. S. Lewis (6) |
| HYPERION | One of the 12 Greek Titans, father of Helios the sun, Selene the moon and Eos the dawn (8) |
| MANDALAY | "On the road to ...; Where the flying fishes play; And the dawn comes up like thunder; Out of China across the bay" |
| GEORGE | Author of the novels The Nether World and Workers in the Dawn (6,7) |
| CLAY | "When the angel woos the ___ he"d lose his wings at the dawn of day", last line of Kavanagh's Raglan Road. (4) |
| NARNIA | Fantasy sequel, The Chronicles of ___: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader (6) |
| TREADER | Fantasy sequel, The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn ___ (7) |
| USHAS | Hindu goddess of the dawn; sister of Ratri, the goddess of the night (5) |
| EOS | Personification of the dawn, sister of Helios (the sun) and Selene (the moon) (3) |
| RENEE | "The Wrath & the Dawn" author Ahdieh |
| SINGS | The languages or vocalisation of birds primarily uttered during the dawn chorus but also throughout |
| GISSING | George ?, author of novels The Nether World and Workers in the Dawn (7) |
| BANGKOK | Thai city in which the Wat Arun (Temple of the Dawn) is found |
| EUSTACE | Whingeing character in CS Lewis's The Voyage Of The Dawn Treader, ... Clarence Scrubb |
| TOPOFTHEMORNING | The humming-bird in the dawn chorus, or what it's saying (3,2,3,7) |
| EARLYBIRD | In good time for the dawn chorus and the elusive worm! (5,4) |
| HEIMDALLR | Norse god of light and the dawn and guardian of the rainbow bridge, Bifrost (9) |
| HESPERUS | Son of the dawn goddess Eos and a personification of the Evening Star (8) |