Lovatts Cluewords 159 Baffler

If it's 8 letters starting and ending with A then I have a clue.

its only 3 letters R?O

any idea?

Rho is the seventeenth letter of the Greek alphabet.

And as we all know Rho Geminorum (ρ Gem) is a star system that lies approximately 59 light-years away and it is approximately the seventeenth-brightest star in the constellation of Gemini.

thank you very much that's the answer all right

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smithy