Comet alternative Crossword Clue

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Comet alternative Crossword Answer

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(noun)
1. a mythical Greek hero; a warrior who fought against Troy in the Iliad

Hint 2: Clue Definitions

ALTERNATIVE (adjective)
1. serving or used in place of another
2. necessitating a choice between mutually exclusive possibilities
ALTERNATIVE (noun)
1. one of a number of things from which only one can be chosen
COMET (noun)
1. (astronomy) a relatively small extraterrestrial body consisting of a frozen mass that travels around the sun in a highly elliptical orbit

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