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| 36% | 6 | Former Astronomer Royal with an eponymous comet | ||||||
noun • English astronomer who used Newton's laws of motion to predict the period of a comet (1656-1742) | ||||||||
| 30% | 9 | Device invented by Edmund Halley | ||||||
noun • a recording barometer; automatically records on paper the variations in atmospheric pressure | ||||||||
Astronomer Halley Crossword Clue
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EDMOND which was last seen in the New York Times crossword.
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Updated: October 11, 2023
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| New York Times29 Sep 2013 | Across 14 | EDMOND |
| New York Times14 Sep 2010 | Across 49 | EDMOND |
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