| REY | King, to Juan [LAST WEEK: The hidden name was Claudette Colbert, whose name appears across the grid's center row as CLAW / DEBT / |
| RST | QU filler (Last week: The twentieth 12 in last week's solution was the Roman numeral XII in the word TAXIING.) |
| ANY | "... card, ___ card" (Last week: The two diagonally hidden 18-letter titles were "Up the Down Staircase" and "Upstairs, |
| OLYMPICMEDALS | With Katharine Berkoff's third-place finish in the 100-meter backstroke last week, the U.S. became the first country awarded 3,000 of these |
| RHONDDA | Valley whose name appears in stations on the commuter line from Treherbert to Cardiff (7) |
| MOREAU | Doctor whose name appears in the title of an 1896 HG Wells sci-fi novel (6) |
| ING | Dutch banking giant whose name appears at the end of every English gerund |
| DOWNWARDDOG | Common yoga pose ... and a hint to hidden names in the answers to starred clues |
| TORI | Character in "Victorious" whose name appears in the title |
| ALUMINUMORE | Guinea, in West Africa, is the only country whose name appears in three other countries' names; it's currently in headlines for a military coup staged in part over this resource |
| THU | One of the seven days of the week the Star is published [abbr.] |
| MARDI | One of the other days of the week the Star publishes ...but in French |
| ADA | Org. whose name appears on many tubes of toothpaste |
| DONOR | Person whose name appears on a museum plaque, e.g. |
| SESAMEST | Briefly, show whose name appears under "123" in its logo |
| NANOWRIMO | November observance whose name appears in this puzzle's theme entries |
| CARFAX | Company whose name appears in an odometer in its logo |
| OREO | Food item whose name appears on its side |
| KLIMT | Painter whose name appears backward in "oat milk" |
| OMAN | Country whose name appears in Romania |
