| OPES | "... that golden key / That ___ the palace of eternity": Milton |
| DEATH | "The golden key that opens the palace of eternity" to Milton |
| INTO | "... worn threshold which leads ___ the palace of justice" |
| THELETTERE | "I'm the beginning of eternity, the end of time and space, the beginning of the end, and the end of |
| WAS | Satirical comedy of the 1960s with David Frost, That _ The Week That _ (3) |
| CONCIERGE | The golden keys emblem is the mark of this hotel attendant |
| SHOOK | Ten Days That ___ the World; John Reed's account of the October Revolution (5) |
| LAID | "The Goose That ___ the Golden Eggs" |
| LEBRUN | A founding member of the Royal Academy of Painting and Sculpture noted for his paintings on the ceiling of the Hall of Mirrors in the Palace of Versailles (2,4) |
| GOT | The cat that ___ the cream (3) |
| TRIQUETRA | Latin-derived name for the "three-cornered" Celtic, trefoil or trinity knot consisting of a triad of interlaced arcs, thus symbolic of eternity or unity (9) |
| TREEOFLIFE | The symbol of eternity is that which grows for every family. (4,2,4) |
| FOLLETT | Ken, author of the 2014 novel Edge Of Eternity (7) |
| IVORY | Climbing plant concealing golden key (5) |
| CALI | Nickname that Golden State residents rarely use |
| MIDAS | Wunderhorse had that golden touch with this album (5) |
| EDINBURGH | The capital of Scotland, site of the Palace of Holyroodhouse at the end of the Royal Mile (9) |
| ISNT | "That ___ the half of it" |
| ENTIRETY | The whole of eternity in torment (8) |
| SPECIE | Sub ____ aeternitatis, beneath the gaze of eternity (abl.) |
