Clues for the word "COMET"
We've had 180 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 351 times in crosswords. It was last seen in Mirror Daily crossword on January 31, 2026.
Definition of comet
- n. - A member of the solar system which usually moves in an elongated orbit, approaching very near to the sun in its perihelion, and receding to a very great distance from it at its aphelion. A comet commonly consists of three parts: the nucleus, the envelope, or coma, and the tail; but one or more of these parts is frequently wanting. See Illustration in Appendix.
Referring Clues
- Hale-Bopp, e.g.
- Doomsday cause, maybe
- Kitchen cleanser
- Steamboat built by Henry Bell in 1812
- Bill Haley bandmate
- Streaker in the night sky
- Rival of Ajax
- Cleaning brand
- Streaker seen at night
- Finish last on "Jeopardy!"
- Space streaker
- Celestial ice ball
- MEMBER OF THE SET
- One of Santa's sleigh team
- Sleighmate of Cupid
- Halley's phenomenon
- Kohoutek, for one
- Kohoutek, e.g.
- Streaker in the sky
- Streaker in space
- Halley's ___
- One of Santa's reindeer
- Deep Impact's target
- Sleigh-puller of note
- One of St. Nick's team
- Cleanser brand
- Member of the Donner party?
- Streaker with a tail
- Cupid's teammate
- Dancer's teammate
- Threat in "Deep Impact"
- "Full House" dog
- Halley's ___
- Halley observation
- Cleanser or a reindeer
- Hale-Bopp, for one
- Bad omen, perhaps
- Tailed orbiter
- Halley discovered one
- Astronomer's observation
- One of Santa's team
- HALLEY'S, FOR ONE
- Christmas reindeer
- High-flying reindeer
- Cupid neighbor?
- Streaker with a big tail
- Flier with Cupid
- Halley's namesake
- Halley's ___ (celestial visitor)
- Orbiter with a tail
- Under-the-sink brand
- Xappho
- Member of Bill Haley's band
- Celestial streaker
- Halley's, for example
- Space traveler
- Old Mercury model
- Cleanser with the old slogan "Nothing can hold a can to ..."
- Space speedster
- telescope sight
- Celestial body with a tail
- Cupid's yokemate
- Stellar sight
- Space sighting
- Astronomer's find
- Another of Santa's team
- Blazing star
- Observatory find
- Tailed flyer
- Unusual sighting
- Halley's discovery
- Night sky streaker
- "Deep Impact" menace
- Bon Ami competitor
- Sungrazer, e.g.
- Astronomer's sighting
- 2013's ISON, for one
- Cupid's sleighmate
- Halley's sighting
- Christmas flier
- Celestial firework
- Brand once pitched by Josephine the Plumber
- Cupid's co-worker
- Heavenly body with a tail
- Reindeer name
- Prancer teammate
- Common cleanser
- Sky sight
- Cleaner sold in green canisters
- Orbiter with a nucleus
- 35-Across relative
- Falling star
- Swift space traveler
- Tailed celestial body
- Cohort of Prancer
- Celestial visitor
- Heavenly visitor
- Heavenly body
- It flies through space
- Dasher's teammate
- It may streak across the sky
- Streaker through the universe
- Tailed 'star'
- Thing streaking across the night sky
- It streaks across space
- Out of this world object
- Extraterrestrial body
- Indie Brits ___ Gain
- Celestial object
- Frehley's ___
- Celestial body
- Long distance traveller to arrive on time
- One is named after Edmond Halley
- Something heavenly for me in bed
- Heavenly historic airliner
- It's heavenly for me to be in bed
- Historic air liner still possibly seen in the sky
- One of Santa's reindeer - with a long tail?
- Heavenly body with tail
- From outer space, will it arrive at mid-century?
- Halley's phenomenon in space
- Tailed heavenly body
- Small heavenly body
- Sky streaker
- Halley's space traveller?
- Firm-faced - but the body's heavenly
- Cleanser once pitched by Josephine the Plumber
- A heavenly body has to arrive on time
- Space traveller to arrive on time
- Arrive on time with one of Santa's reindeer
- Orbiting object's business fulfilled
- Police after fellow streaker?
- Icy orbiter
- For me to be in bed is something heavenly
- Member of rock band that blazed a trail?
- Sagan book whose Chapter Nine is "Tails"
- Streaking space item
- Hubble observation
- Celestial body, Halley's ___
- Orbiting ice ball
- Long-distance traveller needs to reach Everest's base
- Will Halley's arrive on Tuesday?
- Traveller to arrive on time
- Arrive on time to see traveller in space
- It's highly brilliant but not meteoric
- Powdered cleaning product
- Cupid cohort
- Celestial streaker with a tail
- Its career is longer than meteoric
- Tailed star?
- Many a mystic tome can be heavenly
- Dancer cohort
- One of Santa’s team
- To come to the right conclusion can be heavenly!
- Icy astronomical object
- Cupid coworker
- Many a Hubble sighting
- Dancer companion
- Icy celestial body
- Halley's comes every 75 years
- Threat in 1998's "Deep Impact"
- Space traveller, tailed
- Competitor of Ajax and Bon Ami
- Prancer's pal
- This space traveller will arrive at the end of August
- One might fly close to the sun
- Flier with a tail
- Asteroid's icier relative
- Icy space ball with a tail
- Cupid colleague
- Cleaning powder brand
- Icy space object
- Ajax competitor
- From outer space, will it arrive at mid-century?
- Reindeer with a celestial name
- Existential threat in 2021's "Don't Look Up"
- Epiphany that precedes a major change
- Space object with a tail
- One on Santa's team
- Extraterrestrial visitor, certainly
Last Seen In
- Mirror Daily - January 31, 2026
- Daily Cryptic - January 28, 2026
- Evening Standard Easy - December 29, 2025
- Mirror Mini - December 27, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - October 13, 2025
- LA Times - October 01, 2025
- Mirror Mini - September 19, 2025
- New York Times - September 09, 2025
- Evening Standard Easy - August 25, 2025
- Evening Standard Cryptic - August 21, 2025
- Evening Standard Easy - August 04, 2025
- New Zealand Herald - August 01, 2025
- Evening Standard Cryptic - July 23, 2025
- Daily Quick - July 13, 2025
- Evening Standard Easy - May 29, 2025
- Mirror Daily - May 20, 2025
- New Zealand Herald - May 17, 2025
- Mirror Daily - May 07, 2025
- Evening Standard Easy - May 06, 2025
- Mirror Daily - May 05, 2025
- LA Times - April 08, 2025
- Mirror Daily - March 25, 2025
- Mirror Daily - March 22, 2025
- Evening Standard Cryptic - March 10, 2025
- Mirror Mini - February 13, 2025
- Evening Standard Easy - January 15, 2025
- USA Today - January 11, 2025
- Evening Standard Cryptic - December 23, 2024
- Evening Standard Easy - October 31, 2024
- New Zealand Herald - October 16, 2024
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