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Lunar expert? Moore, television's ultimate star, possibly (10)

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I believe the answer is:

astronomer

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'lunar expert?' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both people as well as being singular nouns.
Perhaps there's an association between them I don't understand?

'moore television's ultimate star possibly' is the wordplay.
'ultimate' says to take the final letters (the last or ultimate letter).
'possibly' indicates an anagram.
The last letter of 'television' is 'n'.
'moore'+'n'+'star'='moorenstar'
'moorenstar' is an anagram of 'ASTRONOMER'.

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(Other definitions for astronomer that I've seen before include "Sky-at-night observer" , "Dorado may be contemplated by me" , "One studying the universe" , "Moon-starer (anag)" , "Moon starer (anag.)" .)

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