The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word ORION
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More clues leading to the result ORION
- Stars at leaving speech
- In or out, following old stars
- Hunter of stars to take part in oratorio nonsense
- Group of stars initially observed networking around Brazilian city
- Hunter’s prayer has not succeeded
- Stars performing outside Brazilian port
- Bolero isn’t bad: it’s got three stars
- Berlin’s too easily seen as a feature of some nights out
- Stars regular characters in 4, 6 or 9, primarily
- Orpington vacantly hosting carnival centre presenting seven notable stars
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The straight part
We know that "Hunter of stars" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case hunter of stars = orion.The cryptic/wordplay part
In cryptic crossword there's often an wordplay/cryptic part as well.This part involves a more complex hint, such as an anagram, homophone, hidden word, etc.
Sadly, We don't have an explanation for this specific crossword clue yet.