Solutions Straight line across circle passing through its centre has 5 entries with similar clues

• 5-letter words
• radiiStraight lines from the centre of the surface of a sphere
• curveCircle or parabola as against a straight line
• 7-letter words
• tangentStraight line resting on a circle
• 12-letter words
• great-circleA circle on the surface of a sphere that lies in a plane passing through the centre of the sphere
• 17-letter words
• as-the-crow-fliesIn a straight line across the country