| 100% | THOSE | 5 | "___ were the days!" (end of a reminiscence) |
| 65% | FREEATLAST | 10 | End of a speech that included the words "1963 is not an end, but a beginning" |
| 64% | DEAD | 4 | Adjective that might be used hyperbolically at the end of a long day |
| 63% | PHOTOFINISH | 11 | End of a close race ... and what the last part of the answers to starred clues can literally be |
| 63% | UNWOUND | 7 | Relaxed at the end of a stressful day |
| 63% | DEEP | 4 | Like the end of a pool where the diving board is |
| 62% | ANDSOTOBED | 10 | Line at the end of a day's diary |
| 62% | IMBEAT | 6 | Comment at the end of a long, hard day |
| 62% | DEEP | 4 | Like the end of a swimming pool where the diving board is |
| 62% | DEEP | 4 | Like the end of a swimming pool where a diving board is |
| 62% | SUN | 3 | Star that a day of the week is named after |
| 61% | BIRTHDAY | 8 | Anniversary of the day a person was born |
| 61% | FREER | 5 | At the end of a thriller the cop is usually ___ than the prisoner |
| 61% | THOR | 4 | Norse god for whom a day of the week is named |
| 61% | HOMEATLAST | 10 | Words spoken at the end of a long day |
| 60% | JEANRENO | 8 | French actor whose name becomes that of a French director when IR is added to the end |
| 60% | EMPENNAGE | 9 | The rear end of a plane |
| 60% | FINGERTIP | 9 | The very end of a digit |
| 59% | TOMB | 4 | ___ of the Unknown Soldier (Arlington Cemetery monument that is guarded 24 hours a day) |
| 59% | ADE | 3 | It may be at the end of a block |
| 59% | ZED | 3 | End of a line on the Underground? |
| 59% | ALTAR | 5 | End of a walk down the aisle |
| 58% | BED | 3 | Your favorite furniture at the end of a long day |
| 58% | PTS | 3 | What is tallied at the end of a competition: Abbr. |
| 58% | AMEN | 4 | "So be it" at the end of a prayer |
| 58% | ANTHILL | 7 | End of a line in the sand, maybe |
| 58% | SUNDOWN | 7 | End of the day |
| 58% | EVE | 3 | End of the day |
| 58% | SE\"HOME | 8 | Be a gentleman to at the end of a date, say |
| 57% | SWAT | 4 | End of a fly? ... or the start of one? |