| 100% | HERO | 4 | Peter "Star-Lord" Quill in "Guardians of the Galaxy," for one |
| 74% | CHRISPRATT | 10 | He played Peter "Star-Lord" Quill in "Guardians of the Galaxy": 2 wds. |
| 60% | EGO | 3 | Peter Quill's father in "Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2" |
| 57% | CHRISPRATT | 10 | "Jurassic World" actor who plays Peter Quill/Star-Lord in "Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2" (2 wds.) |
| 54% | VINDIESEL | 9 | He plays Groot in Guardians of the Galaxy |
| 54% | RACCOON | 7 | Rocket of "Guardians of the Galaxy," for one |
| 53% | ELF | 3 | Legolas in "The Lord of the Rings," for one |
| 51% | CHRIS | 5 | With 33-Across, "Guardians of the Galaxy" star who plays Owen Grady in 15-/49-Across |
| 51% | ORB | 3 | Round item stolen by Star-Lord in "Guardians of the Galaxy" |
| 51% | PRATT | 5 | Chris —, US actor who played Peter Quill in 2014 action film Guardians of the Galaxy |
| 48% | PRATT | 5 | "Guardians of the Galaxy" star Chris |
| 47% | DJIMONHOUNSOU | 13 | "Guardians of the Galaxy" actor and co-star of Leonardo DiCaprio in "Blood Diamond" (2 wds.) |
| 47% | EGO | 3 | Sentient planet from "Guardians of the Galaxy" who is the biological father of Star-Lord |
| 47% | EPIC | 4 | "The Lord of the Rings," for one |
| 46% | ETS | 3 | Many "Guardians of the Galaxy" characters, for short |
| 46% | ARIA | 4 | One of two for the devil in ''Faust'' |
| 46% | DENEB | 5 | One of three stars in the Summer Triangle |
| 46% | ESTRAGON | 8 | One of the ones waiting in "Waiting for Godot" |
| 46% | VLADIMIR | 8 | One of the men waiting in "Waiting for Godot" |
| 46% | SEC | 3 | One of the sixty in a minute, for short |
| 46% | ORB | 3 | Round item stolen in "Guardians of the Galaxy" |
| 46% | ORB | 3 | Spherical relic sought in "Guardians of the Galaxy" |
| 46% | ORB | 3 | Valuable sphere sought in "Guardians of the Galaxy" |
| 45% | KIDS | 4 | One of the blanks in the cereal slogan "___ are for ___" |
| 45% | TRIX | 4 | One of the blanks in the cereal slogan "___ are for ___" |
| 45% | EGO | 3 | "Living planet" in "Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2" |
| 45% | ZOESALDANA | 10 | She played Gamora in "Guardians of the Galaxy": 2 wds. |
| 45% | BRADLEYCOOPER | 13 | He voiced Rocket in "Guardians of the Galaxy": 2 wds. |
| 45% | ORB | 3 | Spherical relic sought after in "Guardians of the Galaxy" |
| 44% | ELF | 3 | Galadriel of "The Lord of the Rings," for one |