| 100% | ILLFATED | 8 | Like star-crossed lovers (Hyph.) |
| 58% | ROMEO | 5 | Star-crossed lover of Shakespeare |
| 58% | ROMEO | 5 | Star-crossed lover of literature |
| 58% | ROMEO | 5 | Star-crossed lover of fiction |
| 58% | RICK | 4 | Star-crossed lover in ''Casablanca'' |
| 58% | ILSA | 4 | Star-crossed lover in ''Casablanca'' |
| 58% | ROMEO | 5 | Star-crossed lover in Shakespeare |
| 58% | ROMEO | 5 | Star-crossed lover of Juliet |
| 57% | ROMEO | 5 | Star-crossed Shakespearean lover |
| 57% | JULIET | 6 | Famous star-crossed lover |
| 57% | ROMEO | 5 | Famous star-crossed lover |
| 56% | ROMEO | 5 | Star-crossed lover in a Shakespeare tragedy |
| 56% | LONGINGEYES | 11 | Couple of star-crossed lovers? |
| 56% | PAIR | 4 | "A ___ of star-crossed lovers" |
| 56% | ROMEO | 5 | Bard's star-crossed lover |
| 56% | ROMEO | 5 | Shakespeare's star-crossed lover |
| 56% | ROMEO | 5 | Juliet's star-crossed lover |
| 55% | TONIGHT | 7 | Star-crossed lovers song from West Side Story |
| 55% | CAPULET | 7 | Juliet __, a Shakespearean star-crossed lover |
| 55% | CAPULET | 7 | Surname of a star-crossed lover |
| 54% | ROMEO | 5 | Star-cross'd lover in Shakespeare |
| 54% | APAIR | 5 | "___of star-crossed lovers" (Romeo and Juliet) |
| 52% | MONTAGUE | 8 | Romeo __, one of Shakespeare's star-crossed lovers |
| 52% | ROMEO | 5 | One of a pair of star-crossed lovers |
| 51% | ASTRAL | 6 | Like stars |
| 50% | ROMEO | 5 | ___ and Juliet, star-crossed lovers from the eponymous Shakespearean tragedy |
| 50% | THISBE | 6 | Pyramus and ___, star-crossed lovers featured in Ovid's "Metamorphoses" |
| 49% | ROMEOAND | 8 | With 36-Across, Shakespeare play about star-crossed lovers: 2 wds. |
| 49% | TWINKLY | 7 | Like stars at night |
| 48% | AWARDED | 7 | Like stars in a review |