| 100% | HADAR | 5 | First magnitude star in Centaurus |
| 59% | SPICA | 5 | First-magnitude star in Virgo |
| 59% | DENEB | 5 | First-magnitude star in Cygnus |
| 47% | VEGA | 4 | Star of first magnitude |
| 46% | EVANS | 5 | Chris ___ who starred in "Captain America: The First Avenger" |
| 45% | BARRYMORE | 9 | She starred in 50 First Dates and Charlie's Angels |
| 45% | BEAN | 4 | Sean who starred in the first season of "Game of Thrones" |
| 44% | KICKBOXER | 9 | First film in martial arts series, stars Van Damme |
| 44% | HANSOLO | 7 | In the original cut of Star Wars, he shot first |
| 43% | SATCHELPAIGE | 12 | First Negro Leagues star in Cooperstown |
| 43% | CHELSEAGRAMMAR | 14 | Star of a sitcom in which the First Daughter learns syntax? |
| 43% | RIKER | 5 | Will, first officer of the Enterprise in Star Trek |
| 42% | RETURN | 6 | __ of the Jedi has the first Ewoks in Star Wars |
| 42% | ANEWHOPE | 8 | Subtitle added to the first Star Wars film in 1981 |
| 40% | ETHELMERMAN | 11 | ... and 99-Across starred in musicals and share their first names with a classic sitcom couple |
| 40% | LUKE | 4 | First name in "Star Wars" |
| 40% | OBIWAN | 6 | First name in "Star Wars" |
| 40% | OBI | 3 | First name in "Star Wars" |
| 40% | OER | 3 | Contraction sung twice in the first verse of "The Star-Spangled Banner" |
| 40% | FLYING | 6 | "The ___ Scotsman," 1929 film starring Ray Milland in his first major role |
| 39% | DIVERGENT | 9 | First title in a Veronica Roth trilogy made into a film series starring Shailene Woodley |
| 39% | LILLI | 5 | Palmer who starred alongside her first husband, Rex Harrison, in “The Four Poster” |
| 39% | RILEYKEOUGH | 11 | Granddaughter of Priscilla and Elvis Presley who starred in the first season of "The Girlfriend Experience" (2 wds.) |
| 38% | ONTHELINE | 9 | In jeopardy ... and where the first words of the answers to starred clues can be found |
| 38% | CHICAGOFIRE | 11 | First-responder drama starring Jesse Spencer and Taylor Kinney set in the Windy City (2 wds.) |
| 38% | METEOR | 6 | Ford ___, automobile first sold in 1949 whose name is an alias for "shooting star" |
| 38% | ELOCUTIONPHRASE | 15 | Exercise in pronunciation ... like the first words of the answers to the starred clues |
| 38% | POWER | 5 | "The ___ of Love," first 3D feature film starring Barbara Bedford which premiered in 1922 |