| 100% | SUNS | 4 | Star round which the earth orbits (plural) |
| 53% | SUN | 3 | Star that the Earth orbits |
| 51% | SUN | 3 | Star around which earth orbits |
| 49% | UPPERATMOSPHERE | 15 | Layer in which space stations orbit Earth, and what the answers to the starred clues literally have? |
| 43% | YMIR | 4 | Name of Saturn XIX, which takes 3.6 Earth years to orbit the planet |
| 43% | AXIS | 4 | About which the Earth turns |
| 43% | AXIS | 4 | Line about which the earth turns |
| 42% | AXIS | 4 | Imaginary line around which the Earth revolves |
| 42% | AXIS | 4 | Imaginary line on which the earth rotates |
| 41% | DENEB | 5 | A starting point in the game Stellaris is the planet Unity which orbits this well-known star |
| 41% | GRAVITY | 7 | Force by which the Earth keeps us grounded |
| 41% | HERESIES | 8 | "The earth orbits the sun" and others, once |
| 38% | SUN | 3 | Star that Earth orbits |
| 37% | RENNIE | 6 | "The Day the Earth Stood Still" star |
| 37% | TIGERKING | 9 | The Netflix series which stars Carole Baskin |
| 37% | APOGEE | 6 | Farthest point from the Earth in the Moon's orbit |
| 37% | ORE | 3 | Muddy find from the earth which may contain a metal |
| 37% | RAY | 3 | 2004 musical biopic for which the star won Best Actor |
| 37% | BORAT | 5 | 2006 mockumentary for which the star won a Golden Globe |
| 37% | RENNIE | 6 | "The Day the Earth Stood Still" star Michael |
| 37% | NEAL | 4 | "The Day the Earth Stood Still" star Patricia |
| 37% | NEAL | 4 | “The Day the Earth Stood Still” star Patricia |
| 37% | ELLIPSE | 7 | Earth's orbit around the sun, for example |
| 37% | ELLIPSE | 7 | Earth's orbit around the sun, e.g. |
| 36% | MOON | 4 | It orbits the Earth |
| 36% | DAY | 3 | "The ___ the Earth Stood Still," 2008 sci-fi film directed by Scott Derrickson, starring Keanu Reeves in which an alien is sent to Earth to change human behaviour |
| 36% | WILLSMITH | 9 | Star of the 2013 film "After Earth": 2 wds. |
| 35% | MAGMA | 5 | Hot fluid found below the Earth's surface which often feeds volcanoes |
| 35% | WORLDSFAIRS | 11 | Events for which the answers to the three starred clues were built |
| 35% | ITTEAM | 6 | Expert computer operations group ... to which the answers to starred clues belong? |