| 100% | BOYS | 4 | "The _____ of Summer" |
| 98% | HOTNESSK | 8 | Feature of summers in the Sahara |
| 98% | OLYMPIC | 7 | Of the Summer Games |
| 98% | EMS | 3 | The heart of summer? |
| 97% | POLICE | 6 | The __, band of Sumner, Copeland and Summers |
| 97% | BAGUIO | 6 | Summer capital of the Philippines |
| 95% | AUG | 3 | Last month of summer (in the northern hemisphere) |
| 93% | LONGEST | 7 | Like the day of the summer solstice |
| 93% | PLUMISLAND | 10 | Summer resort off the coast of Massachusetts |
| 93% | DONNA | 5 | Summer known as the "Queen of Disco" |
| 93% | LENOX | 5 | Summer home of the Boston Symphony Orchestra |
| 93% | LABORDAYWEEKEND | 15 | The unofficial end of summer |
| 93% | SWIMCAP | 7 | Coverage of the Summer Olympics? |
| 93% | DAYS | 4 | The dog ___ of summer |
| 93% | ANDY | 4 | Guitarist Summers of the Police |
| 92% | DENEB | 5 | One of the vertices of the Summer Triangle |
| 91% | ICED | 4 | Kind of tea for the summer |
| 91% | DENEB | 5 | One vertex of the Summer Triangle |
| 91% | ONES | 4 | Kind of place for the summer? |
| 91% | ALTAIR | 6 | One vertex of the Summer Triangle |
| 91% | BOYS | 4 | "The ___ of Summer" (Don Henley hit) |
| 90% | SUNROOF | 7 | The top of a car that can be opened in summer |
| 89% | CASTEL | 6 | __ Gandolfo, former summer residence of the pope |
| 89% | WHOSHOTJR | 9 | Big mystery during the summer of 1980 |
| 89% | GANDOLFO | 8 | Castel __, former summer residence of the pope |
| 89% | DESOTO | 6 | Auto introduced in the summer of 1928 |
| 89% | SUNSTROKE | 9 | Danger of laboring outdoors in the summer |
| 89% | SANSSOUCI | 9 | Potsdam summer palace of Frederick the Great |
| 89% | BOYS | 4 | "The ___ of Summer" (Don Henley hit song) |
| 89% | DOG | 3 | ___ days (time of summer suggested by the answers to the starred clues) |