The Clue
Part of a syzygy (4 letter answer)
The Answer
MOON
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Notes
The answer MOON is seen frequently, appearing about once every 170 puzzles.
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Satellite
1969 target
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Butt out?
Daydream or dawdle
Dream, in a way
Gaze dreamily
Kind of stone
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Mr. Mullins
Mullins of comics
Natural satellite
Phobos, to Mars
Place in space
Queen of the Night
"Queen of the tides"
Romberg's "The New ___"
Satellite of a planet
Selene's realm
Space place
Tide controller
Tide producer
Triton, to Neptune
Apollo 11 destination
Apollo 11 goal
Apollo 11's destination
Apollo 11's goal
Bovine hurdle of rhyme
Bring up the rear?
Deimos or Phobos, to Mars
Dream idly
Head of the Unification Church
Jumping place for a cow
Kind of beam or light
Night light provider
Outhouse door symbol
Place with no atmosphere
Pull up a seat for?
Create an open-ended view?
It has a bright side
It may be full
Orb in many a love song
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"Destination" in a 1950 sci-fi film
Definition
MOON as a noun:
1. the natural satellite of the Earth; "the average distance to the moon is 384,400 kilometers"; "men first stepped on the moon in 1969"
2. any object resembling a moon; "he made a moon lamp that he used as a night light"; "the clock had a moon that showed various phases"
3. (lunar month, moon, lunation, synodic month) = the period between successive new moons (29.531 days)
4. (moonlight, moonshine, moon) = the light of the moon; "moonlight is the smuggler's enemy"; "the moon was bright enough to read by"
5. (Moon, Sun Myung Moon) = United States religious leader (born in Korea) who founded the Unification Church in 1954; was found guilty of conspiracy to evade taxes (born in 1920)
6. any natural satellite of a planet; "Jupiter has sixteen moons"
MOON as a verb:
1. (daydream, moon) = have dreamlike musings or fantasies while awake; "She looked out the window, daydreaming"
2. (moon, moon around, moon on) = be idle in a listless or dreamy way
3. expose one's buttocks to; "moon the audience"