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Shooting star (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

meteor

<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">'<span class="explanation-format__original">shooting star</span>' is the definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">(I know that shooting star can be written as meteor)</span><br/ ><br/ >This is the entire clue.<br/ ></span>

(Other definitions for meteor that I've seen before include "streaker?" , "Glowing body entering atmosphere" , "Small extraterrestrial body" , "Remote type of heavenly body" , "Solar System body" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent, The Mirror, The Sun, the Penny Press, the USA Today, The Telegraph, The Times, The Guardian, The New York Times, The Star Tribune and the Evening Standard.
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