| 100% | WHIMPER | 7 | "This is the way the world ends," per 24-Across |
| 82% | BIGBANG | 7 | This is the way the world began, per 51-Across |
| 65% | TSELIOT | 7 | Who wrote "This is the way the world ends / Not with a bang but a whimper" |
| 65% | ELIOT | 5 | Poet who wrote "This is the way the world ends / Not with a bang but a whimper" |
| 59% | MEN | 3 | "The Hollow ___," poem by T.S. Eliot which has the famous lines "...This is the way the world ends. Not with a bang but with a whimper" |
| 51% | TAO | 3 | This is the way |
| 49% | STALEMATERIAL | 13 | Dated jokes ... and what the ends of four Across answers are, in a way |
| 49% | RUMP | 4 | This is the end |
| 49% | FINISHLINE | 10 | This is the end |
| 49% | ZEE | 3 | This is the end |
| 47% | BACKBURNER | 10 | Place for a nonurgent issue, and what can be found at the end of 16-, 24-, 37-, or 53- Across? |
| 44% | ERA | 3 | This is truly the end of an ___ |
| 44% | PRETZEL | 7 | Salty snack whose varieties are found at the ends of 18-, 24-, 52- and 61-Across |
| 44% | NUCLEARFAMILY | 13 | Members of this can be found in the centers of 17-, 24-, 51- and 60-Across |
| 44% | INFECTION | 9 | Invaders were killed by this in War of the Worlds |
| 43% | KHALIFA | 7 | This Burj is the tallest building in the world |
| 43% | DENMARK | 7 | This country's flag is the oldest in the world |
| 43% | ANACONDA | 8 | This green type of snake is the world's largest |
| 42% | WORKMATE | 8 | Colleague ... and, when preceded by "the," what the end of 16-, 24-, 37- or 50-Across is |
| 42% | FACEUP | 6 | The way cards are shown at the end of a hand |
| 42% | QUIDDITCH | 9 | Game that ends when the snitch is caught … and whose positions end 17-, 24-, 36- and 48-Across |
| 42% | TURNBACK | 8 | With 65 Across, return to the way it was |
| 42% | BALLPARKFIGURES | 15 | Rough estimates ... or what the ends of 17-, 24-, 52- and 65-Across are? |
| 41% | STONE | 5 | The Washington Monument is the world's tallest structure made of this |
| 41% | CANADA | 6 | Most of the world's lakes are in this country |
| 41% | DONNE | 5 | "What if this present were the world's last night?" poet |
| 41% | GHOST | 5 | With 13 Across, chilis that are among the world's hottest |
| 41% | LURE | 4 | This might be at the end of the line |
| 41% | MULLIGANS | 9 | These might be given on a golf course, after the ends of 17-, 25-, 39- and 51-Across |
| 40% | ERA | 3 | "This is the end of an ___" |