| 100% | EPICS | 5 | A montage of them was presented at the 2006 Oscars |
| 44% | DOORBELLS | 9 | They are rung at the front of houses |
| 43% | PEARLS | 6 | A string of them is worn around the neck |
| 43% | WITNESS | 7 | Someone present at the scene of a crime |
| 42% | ENDS | 4 | Burning the candle at both of them is a metaphor for overextending yourself |
| 41% | LBS | 3 | About 1,400 of them is the record for a human: Abbr. |
| 40% | ADIEUX | 6 | They're said at the end of a soirée |
| 40% | ADIEUX | 6 | They're said at the end of a soiree |
| 40% | STAGESETS | 9 | They're struck at the end of a run |
| 40% | ANSWERS | 7 | They're often at the back of a crossword book |
| 40% | LANES | 5 | Pins are placed at the end of them |
| 39% | FREER | 5 | At the end of a thriller the cop is usually ___ than the prisoner |
| 39% | LEMONS | 6 | They may be on the verge of a breakdown |
| 39% | UTOPIA | 6 | “A map of the world that does not include ___ is not worth even glancing at”: Oscar Wilde |
| 39% | PTS | 3 | What is tallied at the end of a competition: Abbr. |
| 38% | POE | 3 | Writer whose room at the University of Virginia is now a mini-museum |
| 38% | CONVERSATIONS | 13 | Most of them are “monologues delivered in the presence of a witness,” per the mystery author Margaret Millar |
| 38% | EWOKS | 5 | They thought C-3PO was a god in "Return of the Jedi" |
| 38% | SAMUELALITO | 11 | Nominee who was the subject of a 2006 filibuster attempt |
| 38% | OVATION | 7 | It may be standing at the end of a concert |
| 38% | CLUE | 4 | One may be left at the scene of a crime |
| 38% | EXAM | 4 | It might be given at the end of a unit |
| 38% | JETSKI | 6 | Personal watercraft from Kawasaki that was presented at the 2018 Oscars: 2 wds. |
| 37% | FACEUP | 6 | The way cards are shown at the end of a hand |
| 37% | MIC | 3 | It may be dropped at the end of a triumphant performance |
| 37% | TASTEBUDS | 9 | They may be at the tip of your tongue |
| 37% | AMEN | 4 | "So be it" at the end of a prayer |
| 37% | CODA | 4 | Oscar winner about a teenager who is the only hearing member of her family |
| 37% | FLAG | 4 | A checkered one is waved at the end of an auto race |
| 37% | DUSTER | 6 | Feathery cleaner at the end of a stick ... and something that is brushed over furniture while cleaning |