| 100% | NEAR | 4 | ___ Shoemaker, robotic space probe designed by the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory to study asteroid Eros |
| 24% | EROS | 4 | Asteroid visited by the NEAR Shoemaker probe |
| 23% | OVOID | 5 | The asteroid Vesta was confirmed to be this shape by NASA'a Dawn space mission |
| 22% | MARBLE | 6 | & 21A Structure designed by John Nash originally erected on The Mall, London, as a gateway to Buckingham Palace |
| 21% | PIONEER | 7 | Space probe sent to Venus in the 1970s |
| 21% | JUPITER | 7 | Planet examined by the Galileo space probe |
| 20% | REDSPOT | 7 | Colorful feature photographed by the Juno space probe |
| 20% | EROS | 4 | Asteroid studied by a 1990s probe |
| 20% | ION | 3 | Type of thrusters the Dawn space probe used to get to the asteroid belt |
| 20% | DOT | 3 | Pale blue ___, photograph taken by the Voyager 1 space probe |
| 19% | MARINER | 7 | Pair of Martian space probes launched by the US in 1969 |
| 19% | VOYAGER | 7 | Robotic space probe |
| 18% | GLENN | 5 | Astronaut John who is the oldest person to have flown in space |
| 17% | DIME | 4 | The Roosevelt one was designed by John R. Sinnock |
| 17% | CENA | 4 | John who appeared nearly naked to present the Academy Award for Best Costume Design (March, 2024) |
| 17% | ATLAS | 5 | Mythological figure hinted at by the answers to the eight starred clues as well as this puzzle's design |
| 17% | RIDE | 4 | Full ___, offer by a university to pay for all costs of studies for a student |
| 17% | ASTRONOMY | 9 | Poem by A. E. Housman which is also the study of celestial objects and space phenomena |
| 17% | AXOLOTL | 7 | Salamander planned to be added to the design of Mexico's 50-peso note by 2022 |
| 17% | UCLA | 4 | Most applied-to university in the US: Abbr. |
| 17% | SIR | 3 | Title given to Anthony Hopkins by the queen |
| 17% | GOD | 3 | "To a ___ Unknown," novel by American author John Steinbeck about the relationship of a man to his land |
| 16% | CLARENCE | 8 | Darrow referred to as the "Attorney for the Damned" in a 2011 book by John A. Farrell |
| 16% | ROYAL | 5 | & 13D Residential road in Bath built to the designs of John Wood the Younger between 1767 and 1774 |
| 16% | YESHIVAS | 8 | Places to study the Talmud |
| 16% | RUN | 3 | "___ the World (Girls)," 2011 song by Beyonce that was used to awaken the crew of the US Space Shuttle Atlantis |
| 16% | INNERPLANETS | 12 | Quartet encircled by the asteroid belt |
| 16% | ALT | 3 | PC key by the space bar |
| 16% | TICKET | 6 | Song by the Beatles: "__ to Ride" |