Planet portraits
Themed · AI-assisted original · Content checked · Criss-cross style
Planet portraits
Eight clues, one for each planet in our solar system.
Planet that circles the Sun in about 88 Earth days (7)
Arrows move · Space changes direction · Enter selects the next clue
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About this solar system crossword
Four Across answers meet four Down answers, one for each of the eight recognized planets in our solar system. Clues use orbital time, atmosphere, surface features, moons, a storm, axial tilt and discovery history. All are written clues; no diagram is needed. This planet-identification game differs from our mixed astronomy game and Moon-phase vocabulary. Some letters have no crossing clue, so use the factual detail as well as the crossings.
Subject vocabulary · Topic knowledge can help with some clues.
9 × 9 grid · 8 clues · Criss-cross style
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Planet portraits
Themed · 9 × 9 · ClueFill · AI-assisted original · Content checked
Across
1. Planet that circles the Sun in about 88 Earth days (7)
4. Planet where Olympus Mons rises above the landscape (4)
6. Planet identified in 1846 after mathematical predictions (7)
8. Planet with the Great Red Spot, a vast, long-lived storm (7)
Down
2. Ice giant with an axial tilt of about 98 degrees (6)
3. Hottest planet, beneath a thick atmosphere rich in carbon dioxide (5)
5. Planet orbited by Titan and Enceladus (6)
7. Planet with present-day oceans of liquid water on its surface (5)