| 100% | REST | 4 | "The ___ is silence" (Hamlet's last words) |
| 100% | REST | 4 | "The __ is silence": Hamlet's last words |
| 70% | HAMLET | 6 | His last words were "The rest is silence" |
| 63% | QUEUE | 5 | Word that's pronounced the same after its last four letters are removed |
| 63% | CHECKMATE | 9 | Grandmaster's last word ... and what the last word in 17-, 24-, 36- and 52-Across can be |
| 63% | REST | 4 | “The ___ is silence”: Hamlet |
| 60% | KURTZ | 5 | Literary character whose last words are "The horror! The horror!" |
| 60% | CAPTAINAHAB | 11 | His last words were "Thus, I give up the spear!" |
| 60% | QUEUE | 5 | Only English word that's pronounced the same after its last four letters are removed |
| 59% | AHAB | 4 | Literary captain whose last words are "Thus, I give up the spear!" |
| 58% | NERO | 4 | His last words were "What an artist the world is losing in me!" |
| 58% | NERO | 4 | His last words were, “What an artist the world is losing in me!” |
| 57% | IDO | 3 | Bachelor's last words at the altar |
| 57% | AMEN | 4 | Last word of the Lord's Prayer |
| 56% | KISSME | 6 | "Casablanca" words repeated before "as if it were the last time" |
| 55% | EVER | 4 | Last word in the Lord's Prayer, before "Amen" |
| 55% | BAN | 3 | Word that becomes its own synonym when the last letter is changed to "r" |
| 55% | WICHITALINEMAN | 14 | Glen Campbell hit, the last word of which is this puzzle's theme |
| 54% | VILE | 4 | Word that becomes its own synonym if the last letter is moved to the front |
| 54% | AMEN | 4 | The Bible's last word |
| 54% | AMEN | 4 | Last word of the Nicene Creed and the Lord's Prayer |
| 54% | INSECT | 6 | Last word of the first sentence of Kafka's "The Metamorphosis" |
| 54% | CITY | 4 | Last word in the names of four U.S. state capitals |
| 53% | DRESSINGS | 9 | What the last words in 16-, 22-, 36- and 48-Across are |
| 53% | DENY | 4 | Last word in the song "For He's a Jolly Good Fellow" |
| 52% | MUM | 3 | "___'s the word" ("This is a secret") |
| 52% | VOGUE | 5 | Last word, the latest |
| 52% | BURRITOFILLINGS | 15 | What the last words of 17-, 23-, 36- and 49-Across might be |
| 52% | SYNE | 4 | The last word in some New Year's poetry |