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Answer: URANUS

Solving it as a normal logic puzzle gives the solution:
Name Occupation Idol Constellation
Amy Alphabetical Evangelist Aleph Delphinus
Barbaranne Berry Bureaucrat Cupid Boötes
Cristabel Creech Chain Maker Borat Equuleus
Dottie Dowdeswel Dinner Lady Dante Centaurus
Eleanor Einstein Accountant Ender Aquarius


On the given grid, with ticks corresponding to letters, you get:

Which spells out APLANETBETWEENSATURNANDNEPTUNE. Or "a planet between Saturn and Neptune". Under conventional, layman understanding of the solar system, this can only be Uranus.