| It's hot, then it's not | 31 |
| It's hot until it's not | 31 |
| It's "in one era and . . . " | 42 |
| It'll pass | 14 |
| It'll be hot for awhile | 27 |
| It goes in one era and out the other? | 37 |
| It goes in one era and out the other | 36 |
| It experiences a hot flash | 26 |
| In thing, for now | 17 |
| “I Love the ’80s” topic | 35 |
| Hula-Hoops or Furbys, once | 26 |
| Hula hoops, in 1958 | 19 |
| Hula hoop, e.g. | 15 |
| Hula hoop or skate board | 24 |
| Hula hoop or pet rock | 21 |
| Hot pants, for one | 18 |
| Here-today-gone-tomorrow trend | 30 |
| Goldfish swallowing, once | 25 |
| Goldfish swallowing, e.g. | 25 |
| Goldfish swallowing in the 1920s, e.g. | 38 |
| Furbys, e.g. | 12 |
| Furbys or yo-yos, once | 22 |
| Fleeting craze | 14 |
| Current in thing | 16 |
| Current "in" thing | 28 |
| Crosswords, e.g., in the 1920s | 30 |
| Croquet, in the 1870s | 21 |
| Cronuts, e.g. | 13 |
| CB radios, in the '70s | 26 |
| Cabbage Patch Kids or Beanie Babies | 35 |
| Buttchugging (hopefully) | 24 |
| Beanie Babies or the Hula-Hoop, e.g. | 36 |
| Angry Birds, e.g., in 2010 | 26 |
| Activity that in five years you're going to be embarrassed you were so into today | 85 |
| "In" thing, for now | 29 |
| Droop | 5 |
| Lose color | 10 |
| Lose brightness | 15 |
| Lose star status | 16 |
| Lose vigor | 10 |
| Evanesce | 8 |
| Pass the peak | 13 |
| Grow faint | 10 |
| Become less bright | 18 |
| 1980s hairstyle | 15 |
| Not do well in the stretch | 26 |
| Movie ending effect | 19 |
| Lose luster | 11 |
| Lose brilliance | 15 |
| Film technique | 14 |
| Diminish in color | 17 |
| Age blue jeans | 14 |
| Tire near the finish | 20 |
| Slowly vanish | 13 |
| Movie technique | 15 |
| Lose ground in the standings | 28 |
| Get lighter | 11 |
| Lose vitality | 13 |
| Lose color, in a way | 20 |
| Gradually lose color | 20 |
| Falter at the finish | 20 |
| Fall behind, in the stretch | 27 |
| Fall behind in the stretch | 26 |
| Dye out? | 8 |
| Direction at a scene's end | 30 |
| Crew cut's cousin | 21 |
| Blow over | 9 |
| Become washed out | 17 |
| Become a whiter shade of pale | 29 |
| Age, as blue jeans | 18 |
| What some things do in the sun | 30 |
| What colors do over time | 24 |
| Struggle at the finish | 22 |
| Sparkle a little less | 21 |
| Screenplay direction | 20 |
| Scene-ending film technique | 27 |
| Scene-ending film effect | 24 |
| Scene-ending effect | 19 |
| Prepare to pass a football | 26 |
| Move backward, as a quarterback | 31 |
| Move back to pass | 17 |
| Meet the bet at Reno | 20 |
| Make a dice bet | 15 |
| Lose support, as at campaign's end | 38 |
| Lose strength in the backstretch | 32 |
| Lose one's blush | 20 |
| Lose color, as jeans | 20 |
| Lose color in the wash | 22 |
| Lose brilliancy | 15 |
| High top ___ | 12 |
| Hair style on some old hip-hop album covers | 43 |
| Grow paler | 10 |
| Go dim | 6 |
| Get lighter, in a way | 21 |
| Get lighter, as jeans | 21 |
| Get dimmer | 10 |
| Fall out of contention | 22 |
| Fail to keep up the pace | 24 |
| End-of-song feature | 19 |
| Drop back to pass | 17 |