Cryptic crossword clue
Last 23 to go round moon 9

The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 9 letter word SATELLITE

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What does SATELLITE mean?

SATELLITE noun
  1. A moon or other smaller body orbiting a larger one.
  2. A man-made apparatus designed to be placed in orbit around a celestial body, generally to relay information, data etc. to Earth.
  3. A country, state, office, building etc. which is under the jurisdiction, influence, or domination of another body.
  4. An attendant on an important person; a member of someone's retinue, often in a somewhat derogatory sense; a henchman.
  5. Satellite TV; reception of television broadcasts via services that utilize man-made satellite technology.
  6. (grammar) A grammatical construct that takes various forms and may encode a path of movement, a change of state, or the grammatical aspect. Examples: "a bird flew past"; "she turned on the light".
SATELLITE verb
  1. To transmit by satellite.

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