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DOGDAYSThe hottest period of the year (reckoned in antiquity from the heliacal rising of the star Sirius)
NORTHFrom a word meaning "left, below", the cardinal direction to one's left when facing the rising of the star central to our solar system (5)
SIRIUSThe Dog Star or Canis Major whose heliacal rising in August marks the "dog days" of summer (6)
DOGSTARColloquial name of the star Sirius (3,4)
GUESTOne given hospitality reckoned in earshot (5)
DECIMALReckoned in tens (7)
SOLARHeliacal
BOUCHERFrench artist in the Rococo style whose paintings include Charms of Country Life, A Summer Pastoral, The Rising of the Sun, The Billet-Doux, The Dovecote and several portraits of Madame de Pompadour (
DOG___ days: hottest period of the year?
OVERWINTERSEnables an othenNise tender plant to survive from the start of the coldest period of the year, at least until growth resumes again in spring (11)
ASHENHow onlookers must have looked at the rising of The Phoenix? (5-5)
FACEDHow onlookers must have looked at the rising of The Phoenix? (5-5)
EXORTUThe rising of the sun or stars (abl.)
EASTTowards the rising of the sun
SEAThe main period of the year after son leaves (3)
SEASONALRelated to the period of the year (8)
ANTHILLA rising of the workers
ILIADRising of the Irish parliament after one epic (5)
FLOWRising of the tide
OPENSEASONPeriod of the year during which game can be hunted without restriction (4,6)