| 100% | PERIHELION | 10 | *Point in a planet's orbit that's closest to the sun |
| 58% | MERCURY | 7 | Planet that is closest to the sun |
| 57% | EARTH | 5 | Planet that's the third closest to the sun |
| 56% | APHELION | 8 | Point in its orbit when a planet is at its greatest distance from the sun |
| 54% | VENUS | 5 | The hottest planet in our solar system, despite not being closest to the sun |
| 52% | ICARUS | 6 | Flew too close to the sun and fell in a Greek myth |
| 49% | ASTEROID | 8 | Rock that orbits the sun but isn't a planet |
| 49% | MERCURY | 7 | Planet closest to the sun |
| 47% | ICARUS | 6 | In myth, one who flew too close to the sun |
| 47% | DENEB | 5 | A starting point in the game Stellaris is the planet Unity which orbits this well-known star |
| 47% | TENTHS | 6 | Place that’s directly to the right of a decimal point |
| 47% | ICARUS | 6 | In myth he flew too close to the sun |
| 47% | MERCURY | 7 | Freddie or planet closest to the sun |
| 46% | MERCURY | 7 | Closest planet to the sun |
| 46% | MERCURY | 7 | The closest planet to the sun |
| 46% | CERES | 5 | Closest dwarf planet to the Sun |
| 46% | ACTIVE | 6 | Like a volcano that's likely to erupt in the future |
| 46% | ICARUS | 6 | He flew too close to the sun, in myth |
| 45% | ICARUS | 6 | He flew too close to the sun in Greek mythology |
| 45% | SCRAPE | 6 | Result of squeezing into a parking space that's closer to the door, but really wasn't intended for a Volkswagen Atlas |
| 45% | ICARUS | 6 | Boy with wax wings that flew too close to the sun |
| 45% | ICARUS | 6 | Figure in Greek myth who flew too close to the sun |
| 43% | SOS | 3 | Critical message that's a hint to the six longest entries in this puzzle |
| 43% | ROW | 3 | Front ___ (seat location closest to the stage in a theater) |
| 43% | URANUS | 6 | Planet that orbits the sun on its side |
| 43% | ASTEROID | 8 | A small rocky body that orbits the sun |
| 43% | BALI | 4 | Indonesian island that's close to the equator |
| 43% | NAVI | 4 | Tall humanoid with a blue striped skin that is indigenous to the fictional planet Pandora |
| 42% | IOWA | 4 | State that's home to Drake University, a #11 seed in the 2025 NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament |
| 42% | MARS | 4 | Planet that's fourth from the sun |