Community Event / Creation The Elite Cryptic Crossword

[Cody]

Right, yes... sorry for the delay, I've been chasing a memory leak in Oolite.

23 Hyperbolic: loss of energy at zero degrees on this planet? (6)

 

[Frank]

Kelvin?.. Is there a planet Kelvin?

 

[Cody]

No, not Kelvin!

I'm sure there's at least a station, if not a planet, named Kelvin - or Kevin! <sniggers>

 

[Cody]

Clue the second: the planet in question became a star!

 

[el_tel]

Jupiter?

Edit - whoops 7 letters

 

[Cody]

<chuckles> Yeah... shame that.

 

[el_tel]

Well I would also guess 'Mercury', but that's 7 letters too.

 

[Cody]

The 'at zero degrees' bit is the way to go.

 

[Cody]

Clue the third: degrees of what?

 

[el_tel]

I keep thinking of possible answers, but they're all seven letters, so here's a random guess:

Fredom?

 

[Theta Sigma]

el_tel, I was thinking the same!

Here's another guess:

Zaonce

%^]

 

[Cody]

Nope, neither of those - again, think degrees.

 

[el_tel]

Something to do with north?

Northe?

Polaris? (Damn. That's seven letters again).

 

[Cody]

Something to do with north?

Degrees of latitude is the thing, yes.

 

[Theta Sigma]

Something to do with north?

Northe?

Polaris? (Damn. That's seven letters again).

Argh!

Arctan

Arctic

Arcerg

Arcturus [8 (!) Damn! %^]

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You cannot be Sirius!

 

[Cody]

<chortles> Nope!

 

[Zieman]

Quator

8chars

 

[Cody]

Quator it is - over to you, sir! <lobs coconut at Zieman>

 

[Zieman]

Whoa, this coco is nut!

86 centripetal: scholarly royalty (7)

 

[Zieman]

Wot? Still not solved?

Hmm, it's difficult to come up with a hint that doesn't make this clue too easy...

But ok, you might swap the scholarly to medical as well.