Smallest planet in the Solar System, where one year is equal to 88 Earth days Crossword Clue

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(noun)
1. a heavy silvery toxic univalent and bivalent metallic element; the only metal that is liquid at ordinary temperatures
2. (Roman mythology) messenger of Jupiter and god of commerce; counterpart of Greek Hermes

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PLANET (noun)
1. (astronomy) any of the nine large celestial bodies in the solar system that revolve around the sun and shine by reflected light; Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, and Pluto in order of their proximity to the sun; viewed from the constellation Hercules, all the planets rotate around the sun in a counterclockwise direction
2. a person who follows or serves another
SYSTEM (noun)
1. an ordered manner; orderliness by virtue of being methodical and well organized
2. a group of independent but interrelated elements comprising a unified whole

More Daily Themed Crossword (1/9/2026) Answers

Across

1. Morning hours: Abbr.

4. Ray-___ (brand of sunglasses)

7. Travel by ship

11. ___ constrictor (big snake)

12. "Much ___ About Nothing" (Shakespearean play)

13. Continent containing Tibet

14. Low-___ (diet choice)

15. Summertime alternative to a shirt, informally

16. "___ too shall pass"

17. Take without permission.

20. Baton Rouge campus: Abbr.

22. Latin singer ___ Anthony

25. Cultivated plant

28. Largest planet in the Solar System, where one year is equal to 4,333 Earth days

31. "...bombs bursting ___" ("The Star-Spangled Banner" lyrics): 2 wds.

33. City that creates "Magic" in the NBA, for short

34. Young bear

36. "Wasn't ___ most peculiar man?" (Simon and Garfunkel lyrics): 2 wds.

37. Securely fasten with rope: 2 wds.

43. Spook someone

44. Male romantic partner

45. Short ___ sweet

47. Brightest planet in the Solar System, where one year is equal to 225 Earth days

51. Make, as a CD

54. "That's ___!" ("Don't believe it!"): 2 wds.

57. Ninety-degree joint, say

58. Biblical twin to Jacob

59. "Red Planet" in the Solar System where one year is equal to 687 Earth days

60. Not ___ million years! (2 wds.)

61. Beer-dispensing hardware items

62. Book units, briefly

63. ___-abiding citizen

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Down

1. English basics taught in nursery school

2. Protective ditch around a castle (anagram of "atom")

3. Shopping event with discounts

4. Nocturnal mammal that hangs upside down

5. Suffix used with a lemon-based summer drink

6. "The First ___" (John Stainer's Christmas carol)

7. Ringed planet in the Solar System, where one year is equal to 10,759 Earth days

8. Burnt wood residue

9. Roman number for 3

10. "Fear and Loathing in ___ Vegas" (Hunter S. Thompson book)

18. "Who ___ to complain?": 2 wds.

19. Longitude crosser, for short

21. ___-fi (genre for 2025's "Frankenstein")

23. Red button on a VCR, for short

24. Cookie jar remainder

26. Hawaiian island with Honolulu

27. Docking site on a lake, say

28. Writes (down) quickly

29. ___ acid (chemical waste product formed in the body)

30. Court proposition

32. Line of light radiating from the Sun

35. "Bumbling" insect?

38. Ice-cold and tilted planet in the Solar System, where one year is equal to 30,687 Earth days

39. Autograph essential

41. Rants and ___ (gives a positive review)

42. Chalked pool stick

46. Like many basements

48. Pet Shop Boys singer Tennant

49. Long bone in the forearm

50. Cole ___ (cabbage dish)

51. Monetary risk

52. Springsteen's "Born in the ___"

53. Knock on a door

55. Zoom woe

56. Tax law organization: Abbr.

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