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Arrive on time to see celestial object (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

comet

'celestial object' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'arrive on time' is the wordplay.
'arrive' becomes 'come' (coming is a kind of arriving).
'on' means one lot of letters go next to another (in a down clue, letters appear on others).
'time' becomes 't' (abbreviation).
'come'+'t'='COMET'

'to see' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for comet that I've seen before include "Orbiting extraterrestrial body" , "Celestial object" , "Shooting star" , "It orbits the sun, with bright centre and long tail" , "Celestial body with luminous tail" .)

I've seen this clue in The Daily Express and The Mirror.
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