| Williams with four Olympic gold medals | LA Times Daily | 12 Oct 2025 | 
          
            | Planet (5) | Mirror Quick | 10 Oct 2025 | 
          
            | It's in heaven, usually (5) | Mirror Cryptic | 10 Oct 2025 | 
          
            | Second 22 Across from the Sun | The Telegraph Cross Atlantic | 15 Sep 2025 | 
          
            | Inner planet (5) | Mirror Classic | 20 Jul 2025 | 
          
            | Planet and Williams of tennis (5) |  |  | 
          
            | Hottest planet in our solar system | Universal | 07 Jul 2025 | 
          
            | What is Bananarama's most played song on Spotify? (5) |  |  | 
          
            | *Did you know that a day on ___ (second rock from 7d) is longer than a year on it? |  |  | 
          
            | Inner planet (5) | Mirror Classic | 26 Jun 2025 | 
          
            | Planet (5) | Mirror Quick | 23 Jun 2025 | 
          
            | It's in heaven, usually (5) | Mirror Cryptic | 23 Jun 2025 | 
          
            | Planet with no moons | LA Times Mini | 20 Jun 2025 | 
          
            | . ..... Williams, 2000 and 2001 US Open women's singles champion (5) |  |  | 
          
            | Miss Williams 'in Blue Jeans' (5) |  |  | 
          
            | Roman goddess of love (5) | Mirror Quiz | 05 Jun 2025 | 
          
            | Beautiful woman with a heavenly body |  |  | 
          
            | A well known sister goddess (5) |  |  | 
          
            | Cloud-covered planet |  |  | 
          
            | Planet | The Times Concise | 21 Apr 2025 | 
          
            | Planet shrouded in toxic clouds that smell like rotten eggs | New York Times Mini | 15 Apr 2025 | 
          
            | Most brilliant planet in our solar system (5) |  |  | 
          
            | Planet | Mirror Classic | 10 Apr 2025 | 
          
            | Celestial body seen in heaven, usually (5) |  |  | 
          
            | Goddess of love | The Telegraph Quick | 25 Mar 2025 | 
          
            | Seven usually including planet (5) |  |  | 
          
            | To us, a bit of heaven (5) |  |  | 
          
            | The second nearest planet to the sun (5) |  |  | 
          
            | Classical beauty spots shunned by English | The Telegraph Toughie | 19 Feb 2025 | 
          
            | Like Aphrodite, she"ll have a bit of love before sunrise (5) |  |  | 
          
            | *Cupid's mom |  |  | 
          
            | Planet whose day is longer than its year | New York Times | 26 Jan 2025 | 
          
            | Serena Williams' tennis playing sister (5) |  |  | 
          
            | Mark ....., 1988-97 Wolves and 1997-2003 Ipswich Town defender (5) |  |  | 
          
            | Serena Williams' sister (5) |  |  | 
          
            | This is the hottest planet in our solar system. |  |  | 
          
            | Roman counterpart of Aphrodite, the Greek goddess of love (5) |  |  | 
          
            | One planet in seven, usually (5) |  |  | 
          
            | Goddess a planet (5) |  |  | 
          
            | Goddess - planet (5) | The Guardian Quick | 02 Jan 2025 | 
          
            | The morning (or evening) star |  |  | 
          
            | Heavenly body of a goddess? (5) |  |  | 
          
            | Delta of __, by Anaïs Nin (5) | The Guardian Weekend | 07 Dec 2024 | 
          
            | Delta of __, by AnaA¯s Nin (5) |  |  | 
          
            | ___ de Milo, famous statue (5) |  |  | 
          
            | Second nearest planet to the sun | Mirror Quiz | 27 Nov 2024 | 
          
            | Planet known as 'Evening Star' (5) |  |  | 
          
            | Reflection from sun evidence of planet near Earth (5) |  |  | 
          
            | Planet which is second nearest to the Sun (5) |  |  | 
          
            | Roman goddess or second planet from the sun (5) |  |  | 
          
            | Planet | Mirror Quick | 18 Oct 2024 | 
          
            | It's in heaven, usually | Mirror Cryptic | 18 Oct 2024 | 
          
            | Adonis's love | Thomas Joseph | 16 Oct 2024 | 
          
            | Its atmosphere is mostly carbon dioxide | Wall Street Journal | 15 Oct 2024 | 
          
            | Hottest planet in our solar system | LA Times Mini | 14 Oct 2024 | 
          
            | Planet whose atmosphere is mostly carbon dioxide |  |  | 
          
            | What "very" stands for in the mnemonic "My Very Educated Mother ..." | New York Times Mini | 03 Oct 2024 | 
          
            | Second rock from the sun | LA Times Daily | 30 Sep 2024 | 
          
            | A little bit of heaven seen at sunrise? (5) |  |  | 
          
            | Go to another world? Even us? Well, not quite! |  |  | 
          
            | Bright at night, she gives some love before sunrise (5) |  |  | 
          
            | Goddess of love | Commuter | 21 Sep 2024 | 
          
            | Goddess with a heavenly body |  |  | 
          
            | *#18 Across, to Romans |  |  | 
          
            | Planet | The Telegraph Quick | 13 Sep 2024 | 
          
            | Goddess in heaven, usually | Mirror Cryptic | 30 Aug 2024 | 
          
            | Planet | Mirror Quick | 30 Aug 2024 | 
          
            | Earth's neighbour (5) | The Guardian Quick | 29 Aug 2024 | 
          
            | Second planet from the Sun | The Telegraph Plusword | 28 Aug 2024 | 
          
            | Inferior planet (5) |  |  | 
          
            | Roman counterpart of Aphrodite  (5) | The Times Concise | 17 Aug 2024 | 
          
            | Inner planet | Mirror Classic | 14 Aug 2024 | 
          
            | *Did you know that a day on ___ (second rock from 7d) is longer than a year on it? |  |  | 
          
            | American tennis player who won her first of five Wimbledon singles titles in 2000 (5,8) |  |  | 
          
            | Some of the seven useful attributes of a goddess (5) |  |  | 
          
            | 17th-century painting by Diego Velazquez damaged by suffragette Mary Richardson in 1914 (6,5) |  |  | 
          
            | The Romans imagined her to be heavenly (5) |  |  | 
          
            | Full of love, she's considered 'armless |  |  | 
          
            | The hottest planet in our solar system, despite not being closest to the sun |  |  | 
          
            | #2, or subject of a famous Botticelli painting |  |  | 
          
            | Tennis ace whose sister and colleague is Serena Williams (5) |  |  | 
          
            | In several ways, to us, she looks a star (5) |  |  | 
          
            | Williams of tennis | Newsday | 02 Jun 2024 | 
          
            | She circulates with the likes of Mars and Pluto (5) |  |  | 
          
            | Planet known in Hebrew as Noga featuring among seven, usefully (5) |  |  | 
          
            | Morning star seen in heaven usually (5) |  |  | 
          
            | Williams may well be looked up to |  |  | 
          
            | Second planet |  |  | 
          
            | See 2 Down | Mirror Quiz | 11 May 2024 | 
          
            | Check reduced rotation of star to see planet |  |  | 
          
            | With 14-Across: Tennis great who sported a sequined gold dress at the Met Gala on Monday |  |  | 
          
            | ___- Williams, tennis star played by Saniyya Sidney in 2021's King Richard (5) |  |  | 
          
            | A goddess in heaven, usually (5) |  |  | 
          
            | One imagines she's out of this world (5) |  |  | 
          
            | Heaven usually reveals the morning-star (5) |  |  | 
          
            | Two from sun (or +) (5) |  |  | 
          
            | She shows a bit of heaven to American tennis fans (5) |  |  | 
          
            | Starts to view evening star on the rise, namely... (5) |  |  | 
          
            | Planet | Mirror Quick | 29 Mar 2024 | 
          
            | Object in heaven, usually | Mirror Cryptic | 29 Mar 2024 | 
          
            | The second planet from the sun (5) |  |  | 
          
            | In love, mused about classical figure (5,2,4) |  |  | 
          
            | She makes love heavenly |  |  | 
          
            | Planet | Mirror Classic | 10 Mar 2024 | 
          
            | She means a bit of heaven to the Americans (5) |  |  | 
          
            | Roman love goddess | Commuter | 05 Mar 2024 | 
          
            | Like Aphrodite, she has a heavenly body (5) |  |  | 
          
            | First name of 30 Across' sister and doubles partner (5) |  |  | 
          
            | Roman goddess of love | New York Times Mini | 23 Feb 2024 | 
          
            | Aphrodite to give half away at sun-up (5) |  |  | 
          
            | Planet second from the sun (5) |  |  | 
          
            | Planet second from the sun |  |  | 
          
            | Beautiful woman with heavenly body |  |  | 
          
            | Beauty queen who moves in astronomical circles! (5) |  |  | 
          
            | The goddess of love in Roman mythology (5) |  |  | 
          
            | 2nd planet |  |  | 
          
            | Planet sometimes called Earth's twin |  |  | 
          
            | Botticelli depicted her with a heavenly body (5) |  |  | 
          
            | Song by Shocking Blue covered by Bananarama in 1986 (5) |  |  | 
          
            | 2000 and 2001 US Open women's singles tennis championship winner (5) |  |  | 
          
            | Planet and Roman goddess (5) |  |  | 
          
            | Second nearest planet to the sun | Mirror Quiz | 09 Jan 2024 | 
          
            | Tennis champ, ... Williams |  |  | 
          
            | Planet | Mirror Classic | 29 Dec 2023 | 
          
            | The second planet from the sun in our Solar System |  |  | 
          
            | Teamed with Marcus Daniell for 2020 Tokyo Olympics tennis medal "first" (5) |  |  | 
          
            | Something seen in heaven, usually |  |  | 
          
            | "The Birth of ___" (painting by Botticelli) (5) |  |  | 
          
            | Evening Star | The Guardian Quick | 10 Nov 2023 | 
          
            | Planet | The Telegraph Quick | 08 Jul 2023 | 
          
            | Roman love goddess | The Times Concise | 04 Jul 2023 | 
          
            | Copper's come from Paris with son | The Telegraph Toughie | 22 Jun 2023 | 
          
            | "The Birth of ___," Sarah Dunant novel featuring the second planet from the sun in its title |  |  | 
          
            | Beauty pageants uneventful, though some tripping over | The Guardian Cryptic | 14 Apr 2023 | 
          
            | ___ Williams, American professional tennis player with 4 gold and 1 silver medal at the Olympics |  |  | 
          
            | Earth's neighbor | Thomas Joseph | 22 Nov 2022 | 
          
            | Goddess has proven useful, in part | The Times Cryptic | 04 Nov 2022 | 
          
            | Neighbouring planet | The Telegraph Quick | 05 Oct 2022 | 
          
            | Roman goddess of love | Universal | 25 Jul 2022 | 
          
            | A planet | The Telegraph Quick | 19 Jul 2022 | 
          
            | Five-time Wimbledon singles champion Williams | LA Times Daily | 20 Jun 2022 | 
          
            | Earth's neighbor | Thomas Joseph | 10 May 2022 | 
          
            | Goddess, European star, turned up after heading for Vienna | The Telegraph Cryptic | 02 May 2022 | 
          
            | Symbol of love, in Heaven usually | The Times Cryptic | 10 Jan 2022 | 
          
            | The Roman Goddess of Love who is the equivalent of Aphrodite |  |  | 
          
            | Earth neighbor | Universal | 29 Oct 2021 | 
          
            | Sister of Serena Williams | Universal | 26 Oct 2021 | 
          
            | Serena's sister | The Washington Post | 12 Oct 2021 | 
          
            | Serena's sister | LA Times Daily | 12 Oct 2021 | 
          
            | Planet | The Times Concise | 24 May 2021 | 
          
            | Locations losing last English mollusc |  |  | 
          
            | Deity in heaven, usually |  |  | 
          
            | Tennis great Williams | USA Today | 01 Mar 2021 | 
          
            | The second planet | Newsday | 18 Jan 2021 | 
          
            | Places overlooking Earth and its neighbour |  |  | 
          
            | Leading with very efficient, nice, useful serve, she won grand slams |  |  | 
          
            | Goddess of love | The Telegraph Quick | 11 Aug 2020 | 
          
            | American tennis player ___ Williams who has won 4 Olympic gold medals |  |  | 
          
            | Roman goddess of love | Irish Times Simplex | 29 Jul 2020 | 
          
            | Planet between Mercury and Earth |  |  | 
          
            | Evening star | The Times Concise | 19 Apr 2020 | 
          
            | See eastern star rising — or planet |  |  | 
          
            | Roman counterpart of the Greek god Aphrodite |  |  | 
          
            | Solar system planet | The Times Concise | 25 Mar 2020 | 
          
            | Tennis legend Williams | USA Today | 03 Mar 2020 | 
          
            | Earth's neighbor | Thomas Joseph | 17 Dec 2019 | 
          
            | Planet very close to earth, orbiting sun |  |  | 
          
            | Disarmed figure? | The Washington Post Sunday | 27 Oct 2019 | 
          
            | Sister of Serena | USA Today | 04 Oct 2019 | 
          
            | Tennis great Williams | Eugene Sheffer | 27 Sep 2019 | 
          
            | What Galileo observed in 1610 | The Washington Post Sunday | 08 Sep 2019 | 
          
            | Appellation associated with large net profits | Newsday | 07 Sep 2019 | 
          
            | Where a single day lasts 243 Earth days | The Washington Post Sunday | 16 Jun 2019 | 
          
            | Planet | The Sun Two Speed | 12 Jun 2019 | 
          
            | Beautiful woman among seven usherettes | The Sun Two Speed | 12 Jun 2019 | 
          
            | Goddess who's in heaven, usually |  |  | 
          
            | Planet between Mercury and Earth |  |  | 
          
            | Goddess of love | The Sun Two Speed | 17 Mar 2019 | 
          
            | Some parvenu swindled our neighbour! | The Sun Two Speed | 17 Mar 2019 | 
          
            | ___ flytrap, carnivorous plant which uses two jaw-like leaves to capture insects |  |  | 
          
            | Sister of Serena |  |  | 
          
            | Archdeacon attending American Beauty |  |  | 
          
            | Planet between Mercury and Earth | New York Times | 06 Aug 2018 | 
          
            | Sex goddess very exciting at first to students |  |  | 
          
            | Most of the stadium is sold initially by Roman goddess | Irish Times Crosaire | 30 Jun 2018 | 
          
            | Botticelli subject | Wall Street Journal | 28 Apr 2018 | 
          
            | Five English students getting the Morning Star |  |  | 
          
            | Nearby planet | Universal | 08 Feb 2018 | 
          
            | Nearby planet |  |  | 
          
            | Botticelli subject |  |  | 
          
            | Planet between Mercury and Earth |  |  | 
          
            | 'Evening star' planet | The Sun Two Speed | 01 Dec 2017 | 
          
            | Planet appearing in heaven, usually | The Sun Two Speed | 01 Dec 2017 | 
          
            | Second rock from the sun | The Washington Post | 04 Jul 2017 | 
          
            | Second rock from the sun | LA Times Daily | 04 Jul 2017 | 
          
            | Neighbor of Earth | Newsday | 06 Jun 2017 | 
          
            | Concert halls in which Electronic cancelled second appearance |  |  | 
          
            | Most of the site is sold initially by Roman lover | Irish Times Crosaire | 18 Feb 2017 | 
          
            | Second rock from the sun |  |  | 
          
            | Big name in pro tennis | Newsday | 20 Oct 2016 | 
          
            | Planet | The Telegraph Quick | 20 Oct 2016 | 
          
            | Yet a non-starter, American Beauty |  |  | 
          
            | Goddess of certain vessels, you could say |  |  | 
          
            | Goddess of certain vessels, you could say | The Times Cryptic | 17 May 2016 | 
          
            | Hot planet | Premier Sunday | 28 Feb 2016 | 
          
            | Morning star | The Telegraph Quick | 07 Feb 2016 | 
          
            | Most of the ground is sold initially by Roman lover | Irish Times Crosaire | 02 Jan 2016 | 
          
            | Roman goddess in heaven usually | The Sun Two Speed | 29 Dec 2015 | 
          
            | Planet nearest to Earth | The Sun Two Speed | 29 Dec 2015 | 
          
            | Most of the stadium is sold initially by Roman lover | Irish Times Crosaire | 30 May 2015 | 
          
            | Roman goddess | The Telegraph Quick | 19 Apr 2015 | 
          
            | Earth's neighbor | USA Today | 28 Jan 2015 | 
          
            | Earth's neighbor |  |  | 
          
            | Big name in pro tennis |  |  | 
          
            | What Magellan mapped |  |  | 
          
            | Target of the Magellan probe |  |  | 
          
            | One of the planets |  |  | 
          
            | Earth neighbor |  |  | 
          
            | Neighbor of Earth |  |  | 
          
            | Goddess of love |  |  | 
          
            | Moonless planet |  |  | 
          
            | Planet between Earth and Mercury |  |  | 
          
            | Planet with the most circular orbit |  |  | 
          
            | *"The Bringer of Peace" |  |  | 
          
            | Evening star |  |  | 
          
            | Second-brightest object in the night sky |  |  | 
          
            | Evening star |  |  | 
          
            | *2006 |  |  | 
          
            | *2006 |  |  | 
          
            | The Magellan spacecraft mapped it |  |  | 
          
            | Mythological subject for Titian and Botticelli |  |  | 
          
            | Tennis star Williams |  |  | 
          
            | Magellan visited it |  |  | 
          
            | Serena's frequent doubles partner |  |  | 
          
            | EPILOGUE: Band member: Where can we possibly go where they won't find us? T: I'm thinking __ (Frankie Avalon) |  |  | 
          
            | EPILOGUE: Band member: Where can we possibly go where they won't find us? T: I'm thinking __ (Frankie Avalon) |  |  | 
          
            | "Magellan" mapped it |  |  | 
          
            | Morning star, often |  |  | 
          
            | Serena's rival |  |  | 
          
            | Performance by an actor in a leading role: 25-Down in "___" |  |  | 
          
            | Planet with a nearly circular orbit |  |  | 
          
            | Planet with the most circular orbit |  |  | 
          
            | Planet with a nearly circular orbit |  |  | 
          
            | Earth neighbor |  |  | 
          
            | 1986 Bananarama chart-topper |  |  | 
          
            | First name among tennis stars |  |  | 
          
            | Moonless planet |  |  | 
          
            | Mariner's first destination |  |  | 
          
            | Mariner's first destination |  |  | 
          
            | Goddess of love |  |  | 
          
            | First name in tennis |  |  | 
          
            | First name in tennis |  |  | 
          
            | Aphrodite's companion |  |  | 
          
            | Bright shiner |  |  | 
          
            | First name in tennis |  |  | 
          
            | The second planet |  |  | 
          
            | Second planet from the sun |  |  | 
          
            | Serena's sister |  |  | 
          
            | Botticelli subject |  |  | 
          
            | Billboard chart topper for Frankie Avalon in 1959 |  |  | 
          
            | Earth's neighbor |  |  | 
          
            | Magellan destination |  |  | 
          
            | Serena's sister |  |  | 
          
            | Second rock from the Sun |  |  | 
          
            | Brightest planet |  |  | 
          
            | Tennis star Williams |  |  | 
          
            | Ishtar Terra's home |  |  | 
          
            | Botticelli's "The Birth of ___" |  |  | 
          
            | Morning Star |  |  | 
          
            | Neighbor of Earth |  |  | 
          
            | See 123-Across |  |  | 
          
            | Neighboring planet |  |  | 
          
            | 1959 Frankie Avalon hit |  |  | 
          
            | Ruler of Taurus and Libra, in astrology |  |  | 
          
            | Love personified |  |  | 
          
            | Symbol of love, in Heaven usually |  |  | 
          
            | Flytrap's namesake |  |  | 
          
            | She s unarmed |  |  | 
          
            | Star impersonator? |  |  | 
          
            | Love goddess |  |  | 
          
            | Moonless planet |  |  | 
          
            | Williams of tennis |  |  | 
          
            | Bright planet |  |  | 
          
            | Aphrodite's equivalent |  |  | 
          
            | Goddess of beauty |  |  | 
          
            | She's unarmed |  |  | 
          
            | Botticelli subject |  |  | 
          
            | Titian's "_____ and Cupid" |  |  | 
          
            | The evening star |  |  | 
          
            | Classic beauty |  |  | 
          
            | Kind of fly trap |  |  | 
          
            | Planet second nearest to the sun |  |  | 
          
            | Mercury's neighbor |  |  | 
          
            | Morning star |  |  | 
          
            | She was mad abut Adonis |  |  | 
          
            | Mother of Aeneas |  |  | 
          
            | Roman Aphrodite |  |  | 
          
            | Find on Milo |  |  | 
          
            | Target of the Pioneer |  |  | 
          
            | Stunning woman |  |  | 
          
            | Orb between Mercury and Earth |  |  | 
          
            | Planet |  |  | 
          
            | Vulcan's wife. |  |  | 
          
            | Roman goddess. |  |  | 
          
            | Planet between Mercury and the earth. |  |  | 
          
            | Hesperus. |  |  | 
          
            | Character in "Our Mutual Friend." |  |  | 
          
            | Brilliant planet. |  |  | 
          
            | Heavenly body. |  |  | 
          
            | Lucifer or Hesperus. |  |  | 
          
            | NASA target. |  |  | 
          
            | Site of recent space probe. |  |  | 
          
            | Planet. |  |  | 
          
            | One of the space probes. |  |  | 
          
            | A very beautiful woman. |  |  | 
          
            | The most brilliant planet. |  |  | 
          
            | Planet with no satellite. |  |  | 
          
            | Louvre lady |  |  | 
          
            | Beauty. |  |  | 
          
            | "Hellhole" in space. |  |  | 
          
            | One subject of space research. |  |  | 
          
            | Evening star. |  |  | 
          
            | Character in "Tannhäuser." |  |  | 
          
            | Character in "Tannhauser." |  |  | 
          
            | Between Earth and Mercury. |  |  | 
          
            | Mother of Aeneas. |  |  |