| 100% | PAYS | 4 | "I hope it all ___ off in the end..." (is worth it) |
| 64% | WORTH | 5 | "In the end, all the trouble was ___ it!" (Paid off) |
| 53% | ADIEU | 5 | It may be bid in the end |
| 51% | TORNADO | 7 | "Bad luck, I guess … It was my turn, that's all. I was in the path of the ___" (quote from 18-Down) |
| 50% | ACE | 3 | It may be worth one in the hand |
| 50% | IOWA | 4 | All of it was in the Louisiana Purchase |
| 48% | AMEN | 4 | It is said at the end of prayer by all churchgoers |
| 48% | ALICE | 5 | "It's the stupidest tea-party I ever was at in all my life!" speaker |
| 48% | ALICE | 5 | "It's the stupidest tea-party I ever was at in all my life!" declarer |
| 47% | THEE | 4 | "The hopes and fears of all the years are met in ___ tonight" |
| 47% | FIZZLED | 7 | *I thought I had a good firework joke, but in the end, it just ___ out! (ended weakly) |
| 46% | SUNSET | 6 | Find the answer to the metaphor mystery: "I am a sign off in the sky, dipping under the horizon as the day comes to an end" |
| 46% | BURJKHALIFA | 11 | "What am I bungeeing off of? Only the tallest building in the world.... Psych!" |
| 46% | POE | 3 | Writer of the line "Ah, distinctly I remember it was in the bleak December" |
| 45% | DEEP | 4 | "...I'm off the ___ end, watch as I dive in..." (Gaga's words) |
| 45% | ENTRANTRANT | 11 | "I should've won! I was robbed! It's all rigged!" and the like? |
| 45% | PAST | 4 | "That's all in the ___" ("I'm over it") |
| 44% | STAMP | 5 | "I can go all around the world by staying in one corner. What am I?" |
| 44% | TURNSOUTHAPPILY | 15 | Is fine in the end |
| 44% | PANNEDOUT | 9 | Was successful in the end |
| 44% | WONOUT | 6 | Was triumphant in the end |
| 44% | PANOUT | 6 | Be successful in the end |
| 44% | LEO | 3 | The Sickle is in it |
| 44% | PSYCHE | 6 | The id is in it |
| 44% | NLE | 3 | The Phils are in it |
| 44% | ABIRD | 5 | __ in the hand is worth two in the bush |
| 44% | INTHEBUSH | 9 | A bird in the hand is worth two __ |
| 44% | AFL | 3 | The Titans were in it: Abbr. |
| 44% | ITLL | 4 | "___ be fine in the end" |
| 44% | ITLL | 4 | "___ be alright in the end" |