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20 answers for: Initial phase, capturing brightest star (5)
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ALPHAInitial phase, capturing brightest star (5)
ONSETInitial phase - of an illness? (5)
STEPONEInitial phase
OUTSETInitial phase
STAGETWOLeg brace perhaps needed after initial phase
BOOSTERSRockets providing the main thrust in the initial phase of a spacecraft's flight (8)
ALGOLSecond brightest star in the constellation Perseus, aka the Demon Star (5)
DENEBBrightest star in the constellation Cygnus, forming the head of the five-star asterism the Northern Cross (5)
SPICABrightest star in Virgo (5)
ORIONConstellation that has Rigel as its brightest star (5)
BETEL___ geuse: Second brightest star in the constellation Orion (5)
RIGELBrightest star of Orion (5)
HAMALBrightest star in the northern constellation of Aries (5)
ARIESWith the brightest star Hamal, a constellation bordered by Taurus and Pisces (5)
LEPUSSmall southern constellation between Orion and Columba whose brightest star is Arneb (5)
HYDRALargest of the constellations, whose brightest star is Alphard (Arabic, 'the solitary one') (5)
LIBRASmall southern constellation whose brightest star is Zubeneschamali (Arabic, 'northern claw') (5)
CETUSLarge southern constellation (the Whale) whose brightest star is Diphda (from Arabic, 'frog') (5)
VIRGOSecond-largest of the constellations, whose brightest star is Spica (5)
DRACOLarge northern constellation whose brightest star is the orange giant Eltanin (5)