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The Oldie Genius Crossword 378
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temperature maintained by tailless celestial body in orbit C?M?E
is it comae? thanks
is it comae? thanks
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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.I was going to ask if the clue was complete or the puzzle themed?
The nearest I can link is to this man, who had an interest in matters of orbit.
https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/comte/
The nearest I can link is to this man, who had an interest in matters of orbit.
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emeritus, I am also puzzled. This is a quotation from one of Auguste Comte's works, but it still doesn't fully explain the puzzle:
"I persist in the opinion that every notion of the true mean temperatures of the stars will necessarily always be concealed from us." Source: Cours de Philosophie Positive. 1835.
"I persist in the opinion that every notion of the true mean temperatures of the stars will necessarily always be concealed from us." Source: Cours de Philosophie Positive. 1835.
'T' is the temperature I am guessing 'maintained/in' Come(t)
He also...
//For instance, he had an acute feeling for the way humanity is dependent on astronomical conditions: assume small changes in the elliptical orbit of Earth, in the inclination of Ecliptic, and life, at least life as we know it, would have been impossible.//
But something is lacking.
He also...
//For instance, he had an acute feeling for the way humanity is dependent on astronomical conditions: assume small changes in the elliptical orbit of Earth, in the inclination of Ecliptic, and life, at least life as we know it, would have been impossible.//
But something is lacking.
I've just reached for my copy of The Oldie, which has this information which might be relevant:
"7 clues share an absent definition. One clue has a superfluous word which identifies where you might find these 7"
(Don't ask me though; I struggle to do the 'Moron crossword', as The Oldie cruelly names their easy one!)
"7 clues share an absent definition. One clue has a superfluous word which identifies where you might find these 7"
(Don't ask me though; I struggle to do the 'Moron crossword', as The Oldie cruelly names their easy one!)