| Dwarf or giant? | 15 |
| Dwarf or giant, maybe | 21 |
| Dwarf or giant ___ | 18 |
| Dubhe or Duhr | 13 |
| Dressing-room door symbol | 25 |
| Dressing-room door ornament | 27 |
| Dressing-room door adornment | 28 |
| Dressing room door figure | 25 |
| Dog or lucky | 12 |
| Diva, e.g. | 10 |
| Directional guide for the Three Wise Men | 40 |
| Dipper unit | 11 |
| Derby winner Dark ___: 1953 | 27 |
| Denebola, e.g. | 14 |
| Deneb or Sirius | 15 |
| Deneb or Procyon | 16 |
| Deneb or North | 14 |
| Deneb or Mizar, e.g. | 20 |
| Deneb or Betelgeuse | 19 |
| Deneb is one | 12 |
| Dark ___ (1953 Derby winner) | 28 |
| Dallas NHLer | 12 |
| Dallas hockey player | 20 |
| Dallas Cowboys helmet feature | 29 |
| Dallas Cowboy's emblem | 26 |
| Cult song on "Basketball Diaries" soundtrack | 54 |
| Cross: Christianity :: ___ : Judaism | 36 |
| CriticÂ's bestowal | 26 |
| Critic's rating unit | 24 |
| Critic's award | 18 |
| Cowboys' emblem | 19 |
| Cowboys helmet feature | 22 |
| Cowboy helmet feature | 21 |
| Constellation member | 20 |
| Consellation component | 22 |
| Connell's "Son of the Morning ___" | 48 |
| Christmas cookie shape | 22 |
| Chinese checkers board shape | 28 |
| Child's reward, perhaps | 27 |
| Certain billing | 15 |
| Central Scrabble board symbol | 29 |
| Celestial twinkler | 18 |
| Cast topper | 11 |
| Capital symbol | 14 |
| Capital indicator on a map | 26 |
| Canopus, for one | 16 |
| Canopus, e.g. | 13 |
| Canopus or Procyon | 18 |
| Canopus or Aldebaran | 20 |
| Bunting unit | 12 |
| Bronze __ | 9 |
| Bright Belly album? | 19 |
| Box-office drawer | 17 |
| Blockbuster film's need, usually | 36 |
| Bit-player's idol | 21 |
| Bing's swing, in a song | 27 |
| Binary half | 11 |
| Billing for backward rats | 25 |
| Big name in Hollywood | 21 |
| Big Dipper unit | 15 |
| Big Dipper component | 20 |
| Betelgeuse or Vega | 18 |
| Betelgeuse or Streisand | 23 |
| Betelgeuse e.g. | 16 |
| Beck "Dark ___" | 25 |
| Be the headliner | 16 |
| Be featured (in) | 16 |
| Be billed first | 15 |
| Award of merit | 14 |
| Atik or Alya | 12 |
| Astronomy figure | 16 |
| Astronomical observation | 24 |
| Astronomer's concern | 24 |
| Astro's cap insignia | 24 |
| Arcturus | 8 |
| Any Wimbledon winner, in the tennis world | 41 |
| Antares or Deneb | 16 |
| Antares | 7 |
| Anatares, e.g. | 14 |
| Amazon rating unit | 18 |
| Alpha, e.g. | 11 |
| Alpha, beta or gamma | 20 |
| All trailer | 11 |
| Alioth, e.g. | 12 |
| Algorab or Altair | 17 |
| Alex Chilton's Big ___ | 26 |
| Aldebaran, e.g. | 15 |
| Aldebaran is one | 16 |
| Al Tarf is one | 14 |
| Actor with top billing | 22 |
| Acrab or Acrux | 14 |
| Achernar, for one | 17 |
| Achernar, e.g. | 14 |
| Ace among hurlers | 17 |
| Acclaimed one | 13 |
| A telephone button | 18 |
| A fourth-day creation | 21 |
| "You don't have to be a ___, baby, to be in my show" | 66 |
| "To reach the unreachable ___!" | 41 |
| "The Evening ___" (1996) | 34 |