| 100% | SAYHEYKID | 9 | Teammate of Hammerin' Hank in 22 All-Star Games, with "the" |
| 50% | EAST | 4 | One team in the N.B.A. All-Star Game, with "the" |
| 48% | WAR | 3 | Game with the objective of winning all the cards |
| 47% | MYA | 3 | R&B singer on "Dancing with the Stars" in 2009 [anagram of YAM] |
| 47% | CHINESECHECKERS | 15 | Game with a star in the middle |
| 45% | OFF | 3 | Prefix with "side" to mean an important rule in the game of soccer |
| 44% | OTOOLE | 6 | Actor with the #1 film performance in Premiere magazine's list of "100 Greatest Performances of All Time" |
| 44% | JENNIFER | 8 | With 35-Across, actress who starred in both the "Hunger Games" and "X-Men" movie franchises |
| 44% | CHRIS | 5 | With 33-Across, "Guardians of the Galaxy" star who plays Owen Grady in 15-/49-Across |
| 44% | GIRLONFIRE | 10 | 2012 Alicia Keys song that shares its name with the nickname of Katniss in "The Hunger Games": 3 wds. |
| 43% | JOHNMALKOVICH | 13 | "Eleni" star who worked with Steven Spielberg in "Empire Of The Sun" in 1987: 2 wds. |
| 43% | TITLE | 5 | With 66-Across, images played in silent films, and what one might use to play the games in the first parts of the answers to the starred clues? |
| 42% | ELROD | 5 | "Hammerin' Hank" ___, first aviator in WWII to receive the Medal of Honor |
| 42% | NEILPATRICK | 11 | With 4-Down, child star of "Doogie Howser, M.D." who plays himself in the "Harold & Kumar" movies: 2 wds. |
| 42% | MINDYKALING | 11 | "The Office" actress who was honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2023 (2 wds.) |
| 42% | SCIFI | 5 | Genre of many works with "star" in the title |
| 42% | BOBBYRYDELL | 11 | "Volare" singer who was honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2020 (2 wds.) |
| 42% | CHRISTIANBALE | 13 | "Mowgli: Legend of the Jungle" voice actor who starred with Brad Pitt in "The Big Short" (2 wds.) |
| 42% | TREBEK | 6 | Game-show host with a star on the Canadian Walk of Fame |
| 42% | CATSCRADLE | 10 | Game with the figures "soldier's bed" and "fish in a dish" |
| 42% | SCIFI | 5 | Genre of many works with "star" in the title (Hyph.) |
| 42% | PALLETTE | 8 | Deep-voiced Eugene who starred as Friar Tuck in the oldie "The Adventures of Robin Hood" with Errol Flynn |
| 41% | FAR | 3 | Word repeated in the openings of all the "Star Wars" movies |
| 41% | BEAN | 4 | Sean who starred in the first season of "Game of Thrones" |
| 41% | CANDYLAND | 9 | Board game with the Peppermint Stick Forest and the Gumdrop Mountain in the National Toy Hall of Fame (2 wds.) |
| 41% | GETHAPPY | 8 | Song sung by Judy Garland in "Summer Stock," and what the first halves of the starred answers can all do |
| 41% | ELVISCOSTELLO | 13 | "Veronica" new wave singer who was honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2020 (2 wds.) |
| 41% | TANYATUCKER | 11 | "Delta Dawn" country singer who was honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2020 (2 wds.) |
| 41% | GARRETTMORRIS | 13 | "2 Broke Girls" actor who was honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2023 (2 wds.) |