Alternative to \asteraccent

Question

\asteraccent is great. It allows me to put an asterisk above a symbol (see here)

But, it requires me to use the following package

\usepackage{unicode-math}

which gives me a terrible time to produce a buggy sty out of its sources and worse than that I have to replace Latex compiler by XeLatex.

All just for \asteraccent!

Is there any alternative to \asteraccent with a decent look?

I prefer to avoid something like $_x^*$ – ar2015 Apr 16 '17 at 11:08 — ar2015, Apr 16 '17 at 11:08
\usepackage{accents} and \accentset{*}{a} maybe? – cgnieder Apr 16 '17 at 11:20 — cgnieder, Apr 16 '17 at 11:20
possible duplicate: Math mode accents – barbara beeton Apr 16 '17 at 14:13 — barbara beeton, Apr 16 '17 at 14:13

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered May 02 '17 at 00:47

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Thanks to user clemens,

\usepackage{accents}


\accentset{*}{a}

answered May 02 '17 at 00:47

ar2015

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