| ALTAIR | Brightest star of the Aquila constellation |
| DENEB | Brightest star of the constellation Cygnus; from Arabic, 'tail' (i.e. of the 'swan') (5) |
| FOMALHAUT | Brightest star of the constellation Piscis Austrinus; Arabic, 'mouth of the fish' (9) |
| ALDEBARAN | The brightest star of the constellation Taurus |
| BOOTES | The Herdsman, in which Arcturus, the brightest star of the northern hemisphere, is located (6) |
| REGULUS | Brightest star of the constellation Leo, named from Latin word for little king (7) |
| ALPHA | The first or brightest star of a constellation (5) |
| SUTCLIFF | Author of historical novels charting the lives of the fictional Aquila family in Roman Britain including The Eagle of the Ninth and The Silver Branch (8) |
| URSAMINOR | Northern sky constellation, the brightest star of which is Polaris (4,5) |
| EPSILON | Prefix often given to the fifth-brightest star of a particular constellation (7) |
| VEGA | Brightest star of constellation Lyra |
| RIGEL | Brightest star of Orion |
| ANTARES | Brightest star of Scorpius |
| CAPELLA | Brightest star of Auriga (7) |
| SAGITTA | Small constellation of the northern hemisphere in the Milky Way north of Aquila; the Arrow (7) |
| GRUS | Symbolised by a crane, one of the constellations named after a bird, along with Aquila the Eagle, Columba the Dove, Corvus the Crow, Cygnus the Swan and others (4) |
| GOLDENEAGLE | This variety of rhododendron and epimedium is also Aquila chrysaetos, one of the best known birds of prey in the Northern Hemisphere (6,5) |
| AQUARIUS | Large constellation of the southern hemisphere lying between Cetus and Aquila (8) |
| EAGLE | Bird of prey "Aquila" used as the standard of a Roman legion (5) |
| SCUTUM | Small southern constellation in the Milky Way between Aquila and Serpens; the Shield (6) |
