| 100% | STARLIT | 7 | Illuminated by distant suns |
| 65% | DAYLIT | 6 | Illuminated by the sun |
| 48% | STAR | 4 | Distant sun |
| 46% | SUNLIT | 6 | Illuminated by solar rays |
| 45% | STARLIT | 7 | Illuminated by twinkling celestial bodies |
| 42% | CANDLELIT | 9 | Illuminated by the glowing wicks of wax pillars |
| 41% | STARSPOT | 8 | Dark patch on a distant sun |
| 40% | SHADY | 5 | Sun-shielded, as by trees |
| 40% | SHADE | 5 | Sun protection offered by trees |
| 39% | FLOWERS | 7 | Sun__, yellow paintings by Van Gogh |
| 39% | SHADE | 5 | Sun protection offered by a tree |
| 38% | SOL | 3 | Sun god worshipped in "Raised by Wolves" |
| 38% | THEARTOFWAR | 11 | Military treatise by Sun Tzu |
| 37% | WAR | 3 | "The Art of ___," by Sun Tzu |
| 36% | SOLAR | 5 | Powered by the sun |
| 36% | TAN | 3 | Bronzed by the sun |
| 36% | APHELIONS | 9 | Orbital points most distant from the Sun |
| 35% | WAR | 3 | "The Art of ___," book by Sun Tzu |
| 35% | JAVA | 4 | Programming language originally developed by Sun Microsystems |
| 35% | ART | 3 | "The ___ of War," book by Sun Tzu |
| 35% | ALSO | 4 | "The Sun ___ Rises," novel by Ernest Hemingway |
| 35% | HERE | 4 | "___ Comes the Sun," song by The Beatles |
| 34% | SHADED | 6 | Sheltered from the sun by an awning, perhaps |
| 34% | CROAKING | 8 | Frogs __ by a lake as the sun sets |
| 34% | THEART | 6 | "___ of War," book by Sun Tzu: 2 wds. |
| 34% | NOVEMBER | 8 | William Cullen Bryant poem that begins "Yet one smile more, departing, distant sun!" |
| 33% | YELLOW | 6 | Half of a __ Sun, novel by Nigerian author Adichie |
| 33% | TAN | 3 | Acquire skin coloration by sitting out in the sun |
| 33% | RAISIN | 6 | A __ in the Sun, 1959 play by Lorraine Hansberry |
| 33% | SOLARECLIPSE | 12 | Blocking of the sun's light by the moon |