| CANDLE | Form of illumination prior to the light bulb other than the Sun or the "parish lantern", or Moon (6) |
| OUTSHINE | Do better than The Sun or upstage The Star? (8) |
| EXOPLANET | Body orbiting a star other than the sun |
| MOONSHINE | Word for light reflected onto Earth from Luna, the "parish lantern"; hooch or poteen distilled or smuggled at night; appearance without substance; empty talk or nonsense; or, according to Shakespeare, |
| GLOW | With "moonlight", a hasty departure or disappearing act to avoid payment of rent owed, supposedly at night by the rays of the "parish lantern" (4) |
| FLIT | With "moonlight", a hasty departure or disappearing act to avoid payment of rent owed, supposedly at night by the rays of the "parish lantern" (4) |
| CIRRUS | From "curl, lock of hair", word for the wispy white or feathery clouds or "mare's tails" of frozen crystals forming at high altitude and responsible for halos around the Sun or the Moon; or, in botany |
| RISE | Ascent; the surfacing of a fish to take a fly; the appearance of the Sun or the Moon above the horizon; the height of an arch, incline or step; or, an angry or excited response (4) |
| SCONCE | The head; university slang for a tankard of ale drunk without taking a breath as a fine for a breach of rules or etiquette; the mug used; a lantern or screened torch carried by a handle; a bracket can |
| SKYLIT | Illuminated by the Sun, or the stars and moon at night |
| DIGIT | Word for 1/12 of the diameter of the Sun or the Moon; a numeral; any one of the fingers, so called for the practice of counting on said pinkies, pointers or "Onkaparingas"; or, a finger-breadth (5) |
| EDISON | Inventor of the light bulb & the phonograph, Thomas ... |
| HALO | Word for a circle of light round the Sun or the Moon originally, later the nimbus of a saint; or, the figurative aura of glory of a venerated person (4) |
| PASTEL | Glue light-headed to the light-coloured (6) |
| SAFETY | - lamp; form of illumination used in a coal mine such as one designed by Sir Humphry Davy (6) |
| LIMBS | Apparent edges of the discs of the Sun or the Moon; graduated arcs of sextants and quadrants; or, the halves forming archery bows (5) |
| TRANSIT | In astronomy, the passage of a planet across the face of the Sun or the Moon (7) |
| HOLLOW | Like jack-o'-lanterns or meaningless victories |
| DISC | The seemingly flat face of the sun or the moon; or, any thin flat circular object, such as a CD, counter, daisy's "eye", quoit, saucer or vinyl record (4) |
| GLIM | Thought to be a contracted style of "shimmer" or "sparkle", an old word for a candle, lantern or light; an eye; a pair of spectacles; or, a quick peep (4) |
