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“The star at the center of our solar system.”

SUN (3)

“The speed at which a piece of music is played.”

TEMPO (5)

“A dramatic work set to music for singers and orchestra”

OPERA (5)

“The natural satellite that orbits the Earth”

MOON (4)

“A famous actor or actress”

STAR (4)

“A person who operates a computer or service”

USER (4)

“A large round object that circles a star”

PLANET (6)

“The written text of a movie”

SCRIPT (6)

“The fourth planet from the sun known as the red planet”

MARS (4)

“A short piece of writing on a particular subject”

ESSAY (5)

“The sequence of events in a story”

PLOT (4)

“A long and distinct period of history”

ERA (3)

“Hot beverage made by steeping dried leaves”

TEA (3)

“The group of actors in a production”

CAST (4)

“The largest planet in our solar system”

JUPITER (7)

“Relating to the Moon.”

LUNAR (5)

“The hottest planet in our solar system”

VENUS (5)

“A piece of land surrounded by water”

ISLAND (6)

“Common breakfast item laid by a chicken”

EGG (3)

“The vast empty area beyond Earths atmosphere”

SPACE (5)

“The organ used for seeing”

EYE (3)

“A software program designed for a mobile device”

APP (3)

“The words of a song.”

LYRIC (5) · LYRICS (6)

“Keyboard instrument with eighty eight keys”

PIANO (5)

“A single segment of a movie.”

SCENE (5)

“The capital city of Italy”

ROME (4)

“A person who operates a program”

USER (4)

“A person who operates a computer or app”

USER (4)

“To cook food in hot oil or fat”

FRY (3)

“A group of players working together”

TEAM (4)

“A group of families with a common ancestor”

CLAN (4)

“The place where a movie is filmed”

SET (3)

“The curved path of a celestial object around a star or planet.”

ORBIT (5)

“The sky god who wields a master bolt”

ZEUS (4)

“Equipment used to illuminate a set.”

LIGHTS (6) · LIGHT (5)

“An organ used for breathing air.”

LUNG (4)

“A period of armed conflict between nations”

WAR (3)

“State of matter with no fixed shape or volume”

GAS (3)

“A game that ends with an equal score”

DRAW (4)

“A single button on a computer keyboard”

KEY (3)

“A principle or set of principles laid down by an authority as incontrovertibly true”

DOGMA (5)

“A performance by a single musician”

SOLO (4)

“A solemn agreement between God and his people”

COVENANT (8)

“Long narrative poem about heroic deeds”

EPIC (4)

“The platform where actors perform”

STAGE (5)

“A bird used to deliver mail in the wizarding world”

OWL (3)

“A short story typically with animals as characters conveying a moral”

FABLE (5)

“The empire that built the mountain city of Machu Picchu”

INCA (4)

“German composer famous for his Brandenburg Concertos”

BACH (4)

“Information collected for analysis”

DATA (4)

“A long projecting beam fixed at only one end”

CANTILEVER (10)

“A person trained to travel in a spacecraft”

ASTRONAUT (9)

“The state of being widely known”

FAME (4)

“A solo vocal piece in an opera”

ARIA (4)

“One of the four groups students are sorted into”

HOUSE (5)

“The highest singing voice type for women”

SOPRANO (7)

“To cut and assemble film footage.”

EDIT (4)

“A person with exceptional intellectual ability”

GENIUS (6)

“An atom or molecule with a net electric charge due to the loss or gain of electrons”

ION (3)

“The fourth planet from the Sun, often called the Red Planet.”

MARS (4)

About the Crossword Clue Database

Where do these crossword clue answers come from?
Every clue and answer on this site comes from a published Grid Genius puzzle. Our AI generates puzzles on thousands of topics, and the clue/answer pairs are stored in a structured database. That means each answer is part of a real, playable puzzle, not just a dictionary lookup.
How do I find the answer to my crossword clue?
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