Astronomer's sighting
The crossword clue "Astronomer's sighting" is answered by NOVA, a 4-letter entry. Used 16 times across 12 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1997. It appears in 7 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
NOVA
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the NOVA answer page.
Used 16 times across 12 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1997. It appears in 7 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other answers for this clue
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Every other clue in this collection answered by NOVA, most used first.
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