The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word COMET which also is the latest solution we found used in New York Times in 2024.
Existential threat in 2021’s “Don’t Look Up” crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| COMET | 100 % | 5 |
Why may COMET be the right solution?
In the movie "Don't Look Up," a comet is depicted as the existential threat to Earth, making "COMET" the correct answer to the clue.
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Existential threat in 2021’s “Don’t Look Up”
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Crossword Answer definitions
COMET noun- A celestial body consisting mainly of ice, dust and gas in a (usually very eccentric) orbit around the Sun and having a "tail" of matter blown back from it by the solar wind as it approaches the Sun.
- A celestial phenomenon with the appearance given by the orbiting celestial body.
- Any of several species of hummingbird found in the Andes.
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