| 100% | SIGHT | 5 | (3/7) "Elmira's last ___, a memory embraced ..." |
| 46% | ETCH | 4 | Form, as a lasting memory |
| 43% | ACTUP | 5 | Make mischief, and a hint to what's found in 3-, 5-, 7-, 34- and 38-Down |
| 43% | NUMBERS | 7 | 1, 2, 3... 7 could be a lucky one of these |
| 42% | UNICORN | 7 | Peter S. Beagle wrote a novel about the last one |
| 41% | SLED | 4 | Kane's last memory |
| 40% | SHORTFALL | 9 | Unexpected deficit, and a description of 3-, 5-, 7- and 30-Down |
| 39% | RITAMAEBROWN | 12 | "Rubyfruit Jungle" author whose last name is a Rhode Island university: 3 wds. |
| 38% | ZULU | 4 | Last letter of a pilot's alphabet |
| 38% | ZED | 3 | Alphabet's last letter, to a Brit |
| 38% | EDU | 3 | Last part of a college's URL |
| 38% | VOILA | 5 | Last word in a showman's spiel |
| 38% | EDU | 3 | Last part of a professor's address |
| 38% | SEEK | 4 | Last word of a children's game |
| 38% | EDU | 3 | Last part of a university's URL |
| 38% | EDU | 3 | Last bit of a dean's address? |
| 38% | TAFT | 4 | Last U.S. president with a mustache |
| 38% | TAS | 3 | Last semester’s A students, perhaps: Abbr. |
| 38% | LETITBE | 7 | Last studio album from the Beatles that features a track by the same name: 3 wds. |
| 38% | IAMMALALA | 9 | 2013 memoir written by a teenage girl whose last name is Yousafzai: 3 wds. |
| 38% | SEA | 3 | The last word of a famous Hemingway title consisting of six 3-letter words |
| 38% | ENGRAM | 6 | A memory trace |
| 38% | LONG | 4 | Lasting a while |
| 38% | EDU | 3 | Last part of a university website's address |
| 38% | ZINNIA | 6 | It's last in many a floral index |
| 38% | PAN | 3 | Peter's last name or a frying utensil |
| 37% | IDO | 3 | A bachelor's last words: 2 wds. |
| 37% | WIPES | 5 | Erases, as a computer's memory |
| 37% | ERASE | 5 | Clear, as a computer's memory |
| 37% | LOAD | 4 | Get into a computer's memory |