| 100% | APHELION | 8 | Point in its orbit when a planet is at its greatest distance from the sun |
| 43% | PERIGEE | 7 | Point in its orbit around the Earth when the moon is nearest the Earth |
| 41% | PCS | 3 | Betelgeuse is approximately at a distance of 212 of these from the sun (abbr.) |
| 39% | DENEB | 5 | A starting point in the game Stellaris is the planet Unity which orbits this well-known star |
| 39% | PERIHELION | 10 | *Point in a planet's orbit that's closest to the sun |
| 37% | NEPTUNE | 7 | Planet in the Solar System that is at 8th position from the Sun and that can become as cold as -330*F |
| 37% | ETA | 3 | When a plane is due in at the gate: Abbr. |
| 35% | VENUS | 5 | "The Birth of ___," Sarah Dunant novel featuring the second planet from the sun in its title |
| 34% | OUTERMOST | 9 | At the greatest distance from the center |
| 33% | CERES | 5 | It was upgraded from an asteroid to a dwarf planet in 2006 |
| 33% | SAGAN | 5 | Scientist who said "Our planet is a lonely speck in the great enveloping cosmic dark" |
| 33% | NOON | 4 | Point in the day when both hands are on 12 |
| 32% | JAMMING | 7 | "The band was in the midst of a ___ session when they received a call from the record label" |
| 32% | MIDDAY | 6 | When sun is at its highest |
| 32% | TOBOW | 5 | In Japan, it is proper ___ when you meet someone (bend at the waist): 2 wds |
| 32% | APHELIA | 7 | Points of orbit furthest from the Sun |
| 32% | COMET | 5 | Its tail points away from the sun |
| 32% | SERIES | 6 | When two or more games are played between the same teams in baseball it is called a ____ |
| 31% | RUDOLPH | 7 | Who's depicted in this puzzle when the circled letters are connected from A to Z and back to A |
| 31% | ETA | 3 | When a plane is due at the gate: Abbr. |
| 31% | ETA | 3 | When a plane is expected at the gate: Abbr. |
| 31% | THIS | 4 | "___ Is It," theme song sung by Polly Cutter in the 1975 series "One Day at a Time" |
| 31% | EARTH | 5 | The third planet from the sun in our solar system |
| 31% | AFAR | 4 | From or at a great distance |
| 31% | PSYCHO | 6 | Film where Marion was shown flushing a toilet with its contents visible - a first in the US at the time |
| 31% | URANUS | 6 | Seventh planet from the sun in our Solar System |
| 31% | YAXIS | 5 | The abscissa is the distance from it |
| 30% | ASHRAM | 6 | In the Mahabharata, it's stated that a youthful Krishna was sent to see Sand?pan? Muni at one of these |
| 30% | URANUS | 6 | Planet that orbits the sun on its side |
| 30% | ATNOON | 6 | When the sun is highest in the sky |