| WNBADRAFT | Event when the Sun and Mercury may get bigger? |
| WNBA | The Sun and Mercury are in it: Abbr. |
| INCREASE | It may get bigger in the fold (8) |
| DJSET | Event when the tables turn? |
| CEREBRUM | A lot of mercury may be concentrated in the brain (8) |
| NEAPTIDE | Period of low tidal range when the sun and moon are at right angles to each other (4,4) |
| MARINER | The name for any of a series of ten uncrewed U.S. space probes sent to the vicinities of Venus, Mars, and Mercury between 1962 and 1973. The first was launched July 22, 1962, but was destroyed shortly |
| REACTORSREUNION | Event when all the staff of a nuclear power plant (past and present) catch up? |
| ONMONDAY | When are Moon and Mercury ultimately aligned? (2,6) |
| GODS | Pan and Mercury were in the gallery (4) |
| ECLIPSE | Event when e.g, moon hides sun (7) |
| CADUCEUS | Wand carried by the messenger gods Hermes and Mercury, usually with two snakes twined around it (8) |
| AMALGAM | Alloy of silver and mercury |
| ELEMENTS | Thallium and mercury, e.g. |
| GPO | Where in Dublin will you find Fidelity, Hibernia and Mercury? (1,1,1) |
| AZOTH | What's mostly nitrogen, hydrogen and mercury |
| VENUS | Planet between Earth and Mercury |
| PLANET | Place firmly in position around Earth and Mercury perhaps (6) |
| HOMEALONE | 1990 film about the events when a boy is forgotten and left behind while his entire family goes on vacation (4,5) |
| EXPO | Event when new demos are shown |
