| DONG | Lear's one had a luminous nose |
| EDWARDLEAR | English poet noted for his poems The Jumblies and The Dong With A Luminous Nose (6,4) |
| ARIEL | Mad Lear, one role in Shakespeare |
| ARC | From Latin for "bow", thus reflecting a curved shape, a word for a segment of a circle; or, a luminous discharge of electricity across a gap (3) |
| COMET | Heavenly body in the solar system having a starlike nucleus with a luminous mass around it and a long luminous tail that points away from the sun |
| LITIGATE | One had a good title arranged in a lawsuit (8) |
| DODGING | Had refrained from because one had a good heart (7) |
| ANTHELION | A luminous halo round a shadow projected by the sun onto a cloud |
| FIRSTMATE | ... and a best friend from day one had a position of power, in the main (5,4) |
| SCIATICA | After science, one had a twitch, a bout of neuralgia (8) |
| CAFE | The 'Four Keys' in which one had a meal? (4) |
| INITIATE | Within this one had a meal for new recruit (8) |
| OWNED | Admitted one had a proprietor (5) |
| ATE | In great excitement, one had a meal (3) |
| SUPPER | Eats late - has one had a few drinks? |
| DWELT | Harped on the fact that one had a home (5) |
| INELASTIC | Stiff, while the previous one had a nice flexible cover |
| DROPPEDOFF | Shed one had a nap in (7,3) |
| TEASED | Ensured one had a nap standing up (6) |
| WENTINTO | Investigated thoroughly when one had a prang (4,4) |
