| HALEBOPP | Comet ___, body in the Solar System discovered in 1995 dubbed the Great Comet of 1997 (4-4) |
| NEPTUNE | A remote planet in the solar system, discovered in 1846 (7) |
| RAJA | ___ Hindustani: Filmfare award winner as best film of 1997 (4) |
| TOMB | ___ of Ramses II (large Egyptian burial chamber discovered in 1995) |
| GROBAN | Josh who made his Broadway debut in "Natasha, Pierre & the Great Comet of 1812" |
| TITANIA | Uranus' largest moon and 8th largest in the solar system, discovered by William Herschel in 1787 (7) |
| WARANDPEACE | Tolstoy work that inspired "Natasha, Pierre & the Great Comet of 1812" |
| HALE | ___-Bopp (comet of 1997) |
| GANYMEDE | Satellite of Jupiter that is the largest nonplanetary body in the solar system (8) |
| HONGKONG | Former British colony handed back to China in 1997 (4, 4) |
| BOPP | Comet discovered in July 1995 that passed perihelion on April 1 1997 (4-4) |
| ENCELADUS | Small icy moon of Saturn that is the most reflective body in the solar system (9) |
| DWARF | --- planet, a type of celestial body in the solar system, such as Ceres or Pluto (5) |
| IO | The most volcanically active body in the solar system. This moon's surface is covered with sulfur compounds. (2) |
| COMET | Heavenly body in the solar system having a starlike nucleus with a luminous mass around it and a long luminous tail that points away from the sun |
| SUNDER | The central body in the solar system scarlet-backed is separate (6) |
| OMEN | The great comet in "War and Peace," e.g. |
| OVID | 'Tales From --', volume of poetry by Ted Hughes which won the Whitbread Book of the Year in 1997 (4) |
| PLANETX | Hypothetical body in the solar system beyond Neptune |
| EIGG | A small island in the Inner Hebrides bought by the community in 1997 (4) |
