| 100% | STRIVE | 6 | "The Spirits of all Three shall ___ within me" (end of a quote by Scrooge) |
| 44% | HONOUR | 6 | "I will ___ Christmas in my heart ..." (part 1 of a quote by Scrooge) |
| 40% | SPEAKNOEVIL | 11 | End of a proverb embodied by three monkeys |
| 39% | WANDER | 6 | "...Not all those who ___ are lost...," quote from "The Lord of the Rings" that is part of a poem written by Bilbo Baggins |
| 39% | IFNOMINATED | 11 | Start of a quote by Rep. Mo Udall, 1990, regarding the Presidency |
| 38% | BYEBYEBYE | 9 | *Hit by *NSYNC about the end of a relationship |
| 38% | POTOFGOLD | 9 | Hidden by leprechauns at the end of a rainbow |
| 38% | INACROWN | 8 | "You Should See Me ___," Billie Eilish song released in 2018 and the title of which was inspired by a scene from "Sherlock": 3 wds. |
| 37% | REPLAY | 6 | Option represented by a circular arrow at the end of a YouTube video |
| 37% | CAST | 4 | List at the end of a film, that's sometimes ordered by appearance |
| 36% | BURY | 4 | "___ a Friend," song by Billie Eilish that can lift the spirits of any Halloween party |
| 36% | DELTA | 5 | Land formed by deposition of soil near the end of a river's course |
| 36% | WATCHING | 8 | "Somebody's ___ Me," song by Rockwell that can lift the spirits of any Halloween party |
| 36% | GOODBYE | 7 | 1998 song by the girl group Spice Girls, and maybe the end of a conversation |
| 36% | NEUTRALTONES | 12 | 1867 melancholic poem written by Thomas Hardy about the end of a relationship: 2 wds. |
| 36% | MOVING | 6 | "... To keep your balance, you must keep ___." (end of a quote by Einstein) |
| 36% | AMEN | 4 | It is said at the end of prayer by all churchgoers |
| 35% | WORMSHEAD | 9 | Tidal island reached by a causeway at the end of the Gower Peninsula |
| 35% | NEED | 4 | "All the Man That I ___," number-one hit single by Whitney Houston that is a cover of Linda Clifford's version |
| 35% | MORAL | 5 | End of a piece by 65-Across |
| 35% | TICKLEMEELMO | 12 | By the end of 1996, one million of this toy was sold in a shopping frenzy |
| 35% | ONE | 3 | A hit song by U2, which is considered one of the greatest songs of all time |
| 34% | CODEWORDS | 9 | Lexicon used by spies, and a key to the ends of the starred answers |
| 34% | WRINKLEFREE | 11 | Like a shirt condition suggested by the ends of 16-, 27- and 46-Across |
| 34% | PLATTE | 6 | River paralleled by I-80 through a long stretch of the Plains |
| 34% | AFORCEBEYONDCALCULATION | 23 | End of the quote |
| 34% | QUIETSMYNERVES | 14 | End of the quote |
| 34% | BELIEVEITWILLBE | 15 | End of the quote |
| 34% | NOGOODLAWYERS | 13 | End of the quote |