If you sneaked a peek at my ‘About me’ page, you might well have registered that my degree is in astronomy. My début Independent Magazine puzzle gave me a chance to revisit that. Plus it’s always nice to get an X in the top left corner.
17 down was STAR TURNS, indicating that the other unclued lights were names of stars entered in reverse
ACROSS
5 UBERTY; U + anag.
10 IDEATE; e in I date
11 ENARM; en a RM
12 RAT-TRAP; part tar (all rev.)
16 TEPEES; see pet (all rev.)
23 LUCIGEN; anag.
26 CASE-SHOT; anag.
27 BESEEM; besee m
34 BLAIN; B la! in
35 SUPAWN; sup + w in an
36 SYNDET; synd e,t
DOWN
2 LETS; 3 mngs.
3 LATE; la te
4 PEAR; cf. reap
5 UMPTEEN; Pte in U men
7 ENA; ane (rev.)
8 RAGED; R aged
9 TREE ONION; I in anag.
13 RHEA; hidden
15 CLOUTERLY; l outer in cly
19 BLIP; b lip
20 GAES; hidden rev.
22 SEAMSET; seam set
24 LEAL; ea in L L
25 ASIAN; a + is (rev.) + an
26 CERNE; r in (s)cene
28 MUSS; s-sum (rev.)
29 TUPI; tup I
30 AGAR; a gar
32 MID; last letters + dim (rev.)
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