Halley's, for one
The crossword clue "Halley's, for one" is answered by COMET, a 5-letter entry. Used 6 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1970. It appears in 3 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
COMET
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the COMET answer page.
Used 6 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1970. It appears in 3 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for COMET
Every other clue in this collection answered by COMET, most used first.
- One of Santa's reindeer - used 51 times, most recently in 2026
- Halley's ___ - used 14 times, most recently in 2023
- Halley's discovery - used 13 times, most recently in 2023
- Orbiter with a tail - used 13 times, most recently in 2025
- Celestial streaker - used 12 times, most recently in 2019
- Heavenly body - used 11 times, most recently in 2025
- One of Santa's team - used 11 times, most recently in 2023
- Astronomer's find - used 9 times, most recently in 2022
- Celestial body with a tail - used 9 times, most recently in 2025
- Cupid's teammate - used 9 times, most recently in 2025
- Sky streaker - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
- Tailed orbiter - used 9 times, most recently in 2020
- Space sighting - used 8 times, most recently in 2022
- Celestial body - used 7 times, most recently in 2019
- Hale-Bopp, for one - used 7 times, most recently in 2021
- Heavenly streaker - used 7 times, most recently in 2022
- Heavenly body with a tail - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
Related clues
Clues in this collection of the same answer length that share a word with this clue, or match its answer pattern when no word is shared. Most used first.
- Free-for-all - MELEE, used 223 times
- Make up (for) - ATONE, used 192 times
- For all to hear - ALOUD, used 121 times
- One more time - AGAIN, used 115 times
- Fit for a king - REGAL, used 114 times
- Play for time - STALL, used 113 times
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