| 100% | RERATE | 6 | Award another star to, perhaps |
| 57% | RATE | 4 | Give stars to, perhaps |
| 56% | RATED | 5 | Gave one star to, perhaps |
| 56% | RATED | 5 | Gave four stars to, perhaps |
| 56% | RATES | 5 | Gives five stars to, perhaps |
| 56% | RATE | 4 | Give five stars to, perhaps |
| 54% | RATE | 4 | Award two stars to, say |
| 54% | RATE | 4 | Award five stars to, say |
| 54% | RATE | 4 | Award three stars to, say |
| 52% | RATE | 4 | Award stars to |
| 52% | RATES | 5 | Awards stars to |
| 50% | LEO | 3 | "One Battle After Another" star, to fans |
| 50% | RATED | 5 | Gave three stars to a movie, perhaps |
| 49% | RATER | 5 | One awarding stars, perhaps |
| 47% | REASSIGN | 8 | Transfer to another job, perhaps |
| 47% | PORTAL | 6 | Gateway to another dimension, perhaps |
| 46% | TONYS | 5 | Awards given out to Broadway performers, perhaps |
| 45% | RERATE | 6 | Award an extra star to, say |
| 44% | SWAG | 4 | Bagful of freebies given to stars at awards shows |
| 42% | RATE | 4 | Assign one to five stars to, perhaps |
| 42% | OBIE | 4 | Theater award ... and a phonetic hint to the answers to starred clues |
| 42% | ASHE | 4 | Trailblazing tennis star who lent his name to the ESPY Courage Award |
| 42% | NOBELPEACEPRIZE | 15 | Honor awarded to the ends of the answers to the starred clues |
| 42% | TWOPARTER | 9 | Story with a cliffhanger, perhaps, and a hint to the starred answers |
| 41% | OOH | 3 | Verbal reaction to a shooting star, perhaps |
| 41% | PETPROJECTS | 11 | Labors of love, perhaps, and what the answers to the starred clues are? |
| 40% | FILLONESSHOES | 13 | Step in for another, and what the answers to the starred clues literally do |
| 38% | LASHANALYNCH | 12 | "No Time to Die" actress honored with a BAFTA Rising Star Award in 2022 (2 wds.) |
| 38% | CORDURA | 7 | "They Came to ___," 1959 Western film starring Gary Cooper for which he won a Laurel Award |
| 38% | EGOS | 4 | Stars' problems, perhaps |