| URANIA | The muse of astronomy and another name for Aphrodite |
| CYTHEREA | Another name for Aphrodite |
| ICHOR | Venous fluid for Aphrodite |
| GODDESS | Pursue flipping frock not right for Aphrodite? (7) |
| SADDLEBACK | Breed of black and white pig and another name for Blencathra (10) |
| SURGERY | Process of operating on someone (and another name for doctors' consulting rooms) (7) |
| DICE | Cut diamonds and another name for them |
| THEBENDS | Radiohead album and another name for decompression sickness (3,5) |
| VELA | In astronomy and stargazing, the Sails constellation once forming part of Argo Navis with Carina the Hull and Puppis the Ship's Stern (4) |
| NEBULAE | In astronomy and in the plural, what are dark patches in the sky consisting of interstellar gases an |
| QUADRIVIUM | In a medieval university, the study of arithmetic, geometry, astronomy, and music for an MA |
| AEON | In astronomy and geology, a period of one thousand million years |
| DIONE | Moon of Saturn named for Aphrodite's mother |
| INVENTIVE | I have repeatedly to pen name and another name taking time to be creative |
| ADONIA | A Spaniard, one going to a festival of mourning for Aphrodite's lover (6) |
| COKE | Contents of a bag found in the West Wing on July 2, and another name for the starts of 18-, 28-, 50- and 64-Across |
| ADONIS | A nod is about as good as a wink for Aphrodite's paramour! (6) |
| ROMANTELESCOPE | NASA project set to launch in 2027, named for the former chief of astronomy |
| PARSEC | Dissect speed of light as a measure of astronomy |
| ALMAGEST | Ptolemy's book on the subject of astronomy (8) |
