| 100% | ILSA | 4 | Star-crossed lover in ''Casablanca'' |
| 100% | RICK | 4 | Star-crossed lover in ''Casablanca'' |
| 82% | ROMEO | 5 | Star-crossed lover in Shakespeare |
| 80% | ROMEO | 5 | Star-crossed lover in a Shakespeare tragedy |
| 75% | THISBE | 6 | Pyramus and ___, star-crossed lovers featured in Ovid's "Metamorphoses" |
| 74% | ROMEO | 5 | Star-cross'd lover in Shakespeare |
| 68% | ROSE | 4 | Jack and ___, star-crossed lovers portrayed by Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet in 1997's "Titanic" |
| 66% | HELEN | 5 | Paris and ___, star-crossed lovers from Greek mythology whose romance starts the Trojan War in "The Iliad" |
| 66% | ANGEL | 5 | Buffy and ___, star-crossed lovers portrayed by Sarah Gellar and David Boreanaz in "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" |
| 62% | ROMEO | 5 | Star-crossed lover of Shakespeare |
| 62% | ROMEO | 5 | Star-crossed lover of literature |
| 62% | ROMEO | 5 | Star-crossed lover of fiction |
| 62% | ROMEO | 5 | Star-crossed lover of Juliet |
| 61% | ROMEO | 5 | Star-crossed Shakespearean lover |
| 61% | JULIET | 6 | Famous star-crossed lover |
| 61% | ROMEO | 5 | Famous star-crossed lover |
| 60% | ASTERISK | 8 | Star-shaped character used in printing to indicate a cross-reference |
| 60% | ROMEO | 5 | Bard's star-crossed lover |
| 60% | ROMEO | 5 | Shakespeare's star-crossed lover |
| 60% | ROMEO | 5 | Juliet's star-crossed lover |
| 59% | LONGINGEYES | 11 | Couple of star-crossed lovers? |
| 59% | PAIR | 4 | "A ___ of star-crossed lovers" |
| 59% | ILLFATED | 8 | Like star-crossed lovers (Hyph.) |
| 58% | TONIGHT | 7 | Star-crossed lovers song from West Side Story |
| 58% | CAPULET | 7 | Juliet __, a Shakespearean star-crossed lover |
| 58% | CAPULET | 7 | Surname of a star-crossed lover |
| 57% | KINSKI | 6 | Nastassja —, actress who starred in 1984 film drama Maria's Lovers |
| 57% | APAIR | 5 | "___of star-crossed lovers" (Romeo and Juliet) |
| 56% | MONTAGUE | 8 | Romeo __, one of Shakespeare's star-crossed lovers |
| 56% | ROMEO | 5 | One of a pair of star-crossed lovers |