| 100% | FREER | 5 | At the end of a thriller the cop is usually ___ than the prisoner |
| 51% | FACEUP | 6 | The way cards are shown at the end of a hand |
| 51% | SE\"HOME | 8 | Be a gentleman to at the end of a date, say |
| 50% | ADE | 3 | It may be at the end of a block |
| 50% | AMEN | 4 | "So be it" at the end of a prayer |
| 50% | PTS | 3 | What is tallied at the end of a competition: Abbr. |
| 50% | OVATION | 7 | It may be standing at the end of a concert |
| 50% | EXAM | 4 | It might be given at the end of a unit |
| 50% | MIC | 3 | It may be dropped at the end of a triumphant performance |
| 49% | HELPLINE | 8 | A counselor may be at the end of one |
| 49% | POTOFGOLD | 9 | What is said to be found at the end of a rainbow |
| 49% | EDU | 3 | Letters usually found at the end of a college's web address |
| 49% | POT | 3 | Container that's said to be at the end of a rainbow |
| 49% | SLAYINGSLOW | 11 | What Buffy might be doing at the end of a long, hard night? |
| 49% | DEAD | 4 | Adjective that might be used hyperbolically at the end of a long day |
| 48% | FLAG | 4 | A checkered one is waved at the end of an auto race |
| 47% | DUSTER | 6 | Feathery cleaner at the end of a stick ... and something that is brushed over furniture while cleaning |
| 46% | JAKE | 4 | ___ Peralta of "Brooklyn Nine-Nine" who said "Amy Santiago will you marry me?" at the end of a Halloween heist |
| 45% | TIMES | 5 | Square where the words in this puzzle's dropping balls may be heard at the end of a song's first verse |
| 45% | ETAL | 4 | Phrase similar to "etc." that is added at the end of a list to mean that there are more unlisted items: 2 wds. |
| 44% | MORAL | 5 | A lesson at the end of a fable |
| 44% | BACKBURNER | 10 | Place for a nonurgent issue, and what can be found at the end of 16-, 24-, 37-, or 53- Across? |
| 44% | APPENDIX | 8 | The supplementary material at the end of a book |
| 44% | BAYONET | 7 | A blade found at the end of a rifle |
| 44% | ARMREST | 7 | At the end of a sofa, to lean on |
| 44% | OLE | 3 | Cheer at the end of a dance |
| 44% | ETAL | 4 | Abbr. at the end of a list |
| 44% | FOOTNOTE | 8 | Annotation at the end of a page |
| 44% | QED | 3 | Abbr. at the end of a proof |
| 44% | QED | 3 | Letters at the end of a proof |