Sun circler Crossword Clue
6 letters · New York Times · Tuesday, August 22, 2006 · 6-Down
Appeared in 2 New York Times Crosswords between June 1998 and August 2006.
Exact puzzle match · New York Times · August 22, 2006 · 6-Down · 6 letters
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(astronomy) any of the nine large celestial bodies in the solar system that revolve around the sun and shine by reflected light; Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, and Pluto in order of their proximity to the sun; viewed from the constellation Hercules, all the planets rotate around the sun in a counterclockwise direction
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