| 100% | IVE | 3 | "...But ___ got silver in the stars and gold in the mornin' sun..." |
| 54% | RAFERJOHNSON | 12 | US track-and-field star who got a silver and a gold medal in the decathlon in consecutive Olympics: 2 wds. |
| 46% | TAN | 3 | Sit in the sun and get darker |
| 46% | TAN | 3 | People go to the beach and lie in the sun to get ___ |
| 41% | ESCUDO | 6 | Gold coin originally worth 16 silver reais and replaced by the euro in the 1990s |
| 39% | TAN | 3 | Get darker in the sun |
| 39% | TANS | 4 | Gets darker in the sun |
| 39% | TANS | 4 | Gets bronze in the sun |
| 39% | SUNSET | 6 | Star gets ready in the evening |
| 38% | RYAN | 4 | Meg ___ and Tom Hanks, actors who starred in the romantic films "Sleepless in Seattle," "You've Got Mail," and "Joe Versus the Volcano" |
| 38% | EDGEWISE | 8 | One way to get a word in ... and an aural hint to a feature of the starred clues' answers |
| 38% | OLSEN | 5 | The ___ twins, stars of "Holiday in the Sun" |
| 38% | WONAT | 5 | Got the gold in |
| 38% | WONIT | 5 | Got the gold, e.g. (but not the silver) |
| 37% | TAN | 3 | Get darker skin in the sun |
| 37% | TANS | 4 | Gets some color in the sun |
| 37% | ONCD | 4 | How a lot of music got sold in the 1990s and early 2000s |
| 37% | STADIUM | 7 | "Oh, and and... Get this! The opening ceremony will not be held in a ___ but by the Seine. How cool!" |
| 36% | WNBA | 4 | Org. for the Sky, the Stars and the Sun |
| 36% | CRANSTON | 8 | Breaking Bad and Malcolm in the Middle star Bryan |
| 36% | ORBS | 4 | The sun, the moon and the stars |
| 36% | TAN | 3 | Get darker from basking in the sun |
| 36% | BEACHES | 7 | Places to build sand castles and sit in the sun |
| 36% | MAGI | 4 | They brought gold, frankincense, and myrrh in the Christmas story |
| 36% | FAKENEWS | 8 | Inaccurate information, and what the starred answers have in common |
| 36% | PINA | 4 | "If you like ___ coladas and getting caught in the rain ..." |
| 36% | STEVENASH | 9 | Phoenix Suns star who reached the 50-40-90 club in four seasons between 2005 and 2010 (2 wds.) |
| 36% | SIDNEYPOITIER | 13 | ''A Raisin in the SUN'' star |
| 36% | HORSEAROUND | 11 | Engage in tomfoolery ... and a hint to what goes with each part of the answers to starred clues, but not in the same way |
| 35% | MAIL | 4 | Meg Ryan and Tom Hanks got this in the 1998 romcom |