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20 answers for: Comet that came close to Earth in 1997 (4-4)
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HALEBOPPComet that came close to Earth in 1997 (4-4)
BOPPHale-___ is the name of an unusually bright comet which was visible from Earth in 1997. (4)
DREWNEARCame close to misguided wanderer (4,4)
LARGESSEBig dollars came close to generosity (8)
EMULATEDCame close to bird behind daughter (8)
BAEDEKERGuidebook journalist came close to interrupting cook (8)
REINDEERComet that was in the sky on Christmas Eve
PHAETHONSon of Clymene and Helios who was killed with a thunderbolt thrown by Zeus for uncontrollably driving his father's sun chariot too close to Earth (8)
ESTIMATERough guess came close and worked out at times (8)
WATERRATAquatic rodent run to earth in Western Australia over time (5,3)
ESOTERICSecret drinker comes to earth in Morecambe? (8)
MAFIABenito Mussolini's regime came close to eliminating which organisation in the 1920s? (5)
NEAREDCame close to a side in want
NEARTHINGIt came close to happening (4,5)
METEORSRocks in space that burn up when close to Earth (7)
SEVERNWatch fire as it came close to interrupting breakfast? (6)
ELBOWSNudges came close to savage blows (6)
STYMIEMisty conditions came close to hinder a golfer (6)
LOOMEDMade cloth or came close to it (6)
KENJennings whose Jeopardy! record came close to being beaten by James Holzhauer