Shortage when 500 leave heavenly body (5) Crossword Clue

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RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% EARTH Shortage when 500 leave heavenly body (5) (5) Puzzler Cryptic Jun 19, 2024
7% STARS Heavenly bodies (5) (5) The Sun Mini Oct 6, 2025
6% INDYCAR Racing body with an annual "500" event (7) LA Times Daily Oct 27, 2025
6% OUTOFTHISWORLD Like heavenly bodies that are wonderful? (14) The Telegraph Cross Atlantic Oct 13, 2025
6% FAMINE Shortage of a sort (6) New York Times Oct 2, 2025
5% CORP Fortune 500 abbr. (4) Wall Street Journal Nov 1, 2025
5% MILE 1/500 of the Indianapolis 500 (4) Universal Oct 31, 2025
5% ALTER Change top when husband leaves (5) The Times Cryptic Oct 27, 2025
5% INDY -- 500 (auto race) (4) Premier Sunday Oct 19, 2025
5% EURO 5-to-500 banknote (4) Newsday Oct 10, 2025

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