| 100% | GRAFFIAS | 8 | Name for Scorpius stars, meaning "claws" |
| 47% | MAGENDAVID | 10 | Name for the star on Israel's flag |
| 47% | POLARIS | 7 | Another name for the North Star |
| 47% | REDGIANT | 8 | Colorful name for a dying star |
| 47% | MIKE | 4 | Apt name for a karaoke star |
| 47% | CRABGRASS | 9 | Weed named for a clawed creature |
| 46% | MAHATMA | 7 | Name for a leader meaning "great-souled" |
| 46% | REBA | 4 | Sitcom named for its star |
| 46% | VEGA | 4 | Chevy named for a star |
| 46% | STRIPES | 7 | Another name for the US flag, Stars and __ |
| 45% | ANEWHOPE | 8 | The other name for Star Wars: Episode IV |
| 45% | ALGIEBA | 7 | Another name for Gamma Leonis binary star system |
| 45% | TEX | 3 | Stereotypical name for a Lone Star State resident |
| 45% | NOVA | 4 | PBS science series named for an exploding star |
| 45% | ASTER | 5 | Flower named for its star shape |
| 45% | CHURL | 5 | Name for a surly, uncouth boor that once meant a "husband" |
| 45% | LODESTAR | 8 | Another name for the North Star, a guiding star |
| 45% | CAPELLA | 7 | Star name meaning "she-goat" in Latin |
| 44% | MAHADEVA | 8 | Alternative name for Shiva, meaning the Great God |
| 44% | MELBA | 5 | With 7-Across, food named for an Australian opera star |
| 44% | WILLIAMS | 8 | Last name for Tennis stars Venus and Serena |
| 44% | SEVENSISTERS | 12 | Common name for the star cluster the Pleiades |
| 43% | REBA | 4 | WB show named for its star |
| 43% | ALTAIR | 6 | Early microcomputer named for a star |
| 43% | MARYPICKFORD | 12 | Tropical rum cocktail named for a silent film star (2 wds.) |
| 43% | SAMSUNG | 7 | International conglomerate whose name means "three stars" |
| 42% | MAR | 3 | Month whose name means a parade, for short |
| 42% | CLEM | 4 | Nickname for a man whose name means "merciful" |
| 42% | ASHE | 4 | Tennis star for whom a stadium is named |
| 41% | MAE | 3 | Common middle name for a girl, also the name of TV star ___ West |