Gk Crossword

[Ticknall19]

22D.... Astronomer who predicted the existence of an eighth planet (6)
I have ?e?s?l, and have also found many contradictory answers,
but none that fit my letters. Is there anyone out there with any
ideas that will put me out of my misery?
TIA ticknall19

[dannyk13]

Bessel

[grasscarp]

Kessel

[grasscarp]

definitely Bessel. I was only guessing at an astronomer I had heard of.

[factor-fiction]

Bessel was confirmed in a couple of threads in Crosswords section too.
e.g.
http://www.theanswerbank.co.uk/Quizzes-and-Puzzles/Crosswords/Question1343711.html

[Baldric]

Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel was a German astronomer, mathematician. He was the first astronomer to determine the distance from the sun to another star by the method of parallax. Wikipedia

[Ticknall19]

To all of you, many thanks. I couldn't find Bessell.

ticknall19

[factor-fiction]

Happy to help. There's only one L on it though

[aelmpvw]

he had a similar problem with neptune

[spevick]

Gk Crossword 12527
18d ..one of the suits in a tarot pack
C???...I make it club
BUT
25a..apple,pear ,quince or other fruit tree grown flat against a wall or trellis of the same name,popular in kitchen gardens
I make it espalier But
The letters I have because of club are
E?U?L?E?
Many thanks in solving m dilemma

[emeritus]

18d Cups