Close approach of a spacecraft to a planet Crossword Clue

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RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% FLYBY Close approach of a spacecraft to a planet (5) Wall Street Journal May 16, 2022
3% MARS Planet (4) The Telegraph Quick Aug 21, 2025
3% WENTUPTO Approached (8) Wall Street Journal Jul 19, 2025
2% ORBS Planets, poetically (4) Universal Sep 25, 2025
2% NEAR Close to (4) Commuter Sep 24, 2025
2% HAL Controller of the Discovery One spacecraft, in film (3) The Telegraph Cross Atlantic Sep 22, 2025
2% SHUT Closed (4) The Telegraph Quick Sep 18, 2025
2% PHEW "That was close!" (4) Eugene Sheffer Sep 13, 2025
2% NEARS Approaches (5) (5) Mirror Quick Sep 11, 2025
2% ORK Planet in "Mork & Mindy" (3)

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