| 100% | FANMAIL | 7 | Means of reaching for the stars? |
| 74% | FANMAIL | 7 | Means of reaching the stars |
| 65% | ASPIRE | 6 | Reach for the stars |
| 65% | GOBIG | 5 | Reach for the stars |
| 65% | DREAMSBIG | 9 | Reaches for the stars |
| 64% | GOBIG | 5 | Reach for the stars: 2 wds. |
| 58% | THEDUKE | 7 | Nickname for the star of The Searchers |
| 57% | THETALKINGHORSE | 15 | Familiar title for the star of the show |
| 56% | AIM | 3 | "___ for the stars and you'll at least reach the moon" |
| 55% | FONDATHEATRE | 12 | Los Angeles venue named for the star of "12 Angry Men" |
| 54% | SUPERNOVA | 9 | Astronomical term for the explosion of a star |
| 54% | MAGNITUDE | 9 | Astronomical term for the brightness of a star |
| 54% | CBS | 3 | Former "Reach for the stars" sloganeer |
| 53% | SUPERBOWLMVP | 12 | Award for the star of the NFL's biggest game: 3 wds., abbr. |
| 52% | ACT | 3 | What the stars of "Star Trek" do for a living |
| 52% | EMT | 3 | One whose uniform bears the Star of Life, for short |
| 51% | JUNKDRAWER | 10 | Location for the ends of the answers to the four starred clues |
| 51% | MOBY | 4 | Electronic musician known for the song "We Are All Made of Stars" |
| 51% | ABC | 3 | Kind of order for the answers to the starred clues |
| 50% | REACH | 5 | ___ for the stars |
| 50% | UCF | 3 | School in Orlando whose motto is "Reach for the Stars": Abbr. |
| 50% | KIRKDOUGLAS | 11 | Star of the 1956 artist biopic "Lust for Life": 2 wds. |
| 50% | ASTRALS | 7 | Bodies of stars, from the Latin word for star |
| 50% | ETTE | 4 | Suffix for "bachelor," meaning the female counterpart of bachelor |
| 50% | NOVA | 4 | "Super" follower to mean the explosion of a star |
| 50% | GENERALMEASURES | 15 | Approaches meant for the majority of cases |
| 49% | LIAR | 4 | Word repeated twice for the title of a legal comedy film starring Jim Carrey |
| 49% | STARS | 5 | Reach for the ___ |
| 49% | FAB | 3 | The ___ Five (nickname for the stars of "Queer Eye") |
| 49% | FAB | 3 | The ___ Five (nickname for the stars of “Queer Eye”) |