| 100% | BREECH | 6 | Back end of a gun barrel, end nearest the stock |
| 57% | MUZZLE | 6 | End of a gun barrel |
| 55% | BREECH | 6 | Back of a gun barrel |
| 53% | AFT | 3 | Towards the back end of a plane |
| 53% | ERASE | 5 | Use the back end of a pencil |
| 52% | ERASE | 5 | What the back end of a pencil does |
| 51% | BAYONET | 7 | Dagger type weapon on the end of a gun muzzle |
| 50% | MARKER | 6 | Back __, traveller at the end of a running group |
| 49% | AFT | 3 | Near the rear end of a ship |
| 49% | TENTH | 5 | Near the back of a derby field |
| 48% | ONE | 3 | Count near the end of a countdown |
| 48% | REENTRY | 7 | Event near the end of a mission |
| 48% | ENDNOTE | 7 | Citation near the back of a book |
| 48% | MAO | 3 | He wrote "Political power grows out of the barrel of a gun" |
| 48% | EXAM | 4 | Final ___ (what a teacher might give near the end of a semester) |
| 48% | BAYONET | 7 | A long blade attached to the barrel of a gun |
| 47% | SECONDWIND | 10 | Something caught near the end of a race? |
| 47% | LATEDATE | 8 | Time near the end of a time range |
| 47% | WAXER | 5 | Machine near the end of a car wash |
| 47% | UNO | 3 | Call near the end of a card game |
| 47% | CADENZA | 7 | Solo piece near the end of a concerto |
| 47% | IDO | 3 | Words near the end of a wedding ceremony |
| 47% | MAO | 3 | Leader who said "Political power grows out of the barrel of a gun" |
| 47% | SHORTTIMER | 10 | Soldier near the end of a tour of duty |
| 46% | IDO | 3 | Phrase near the end of a wedding ceremony: 2 wds. |
| 46% | IDO | 3 | Pledge heard near the end of a wedding: 2 wds. |
| 46% | IDO | 3 | Reply near the end of a marriage ceremony: 2 wds. |
| 46% | THANKSGIVINGTURQUOISE | 21 | Birds served near the end of November, to a jeweler? |
| 46% | ASKEW | 5 | Like a necktie near the end of a long workday, maybe |
| 46% | CADENZA | 7 | Virtuoso solo passage near the end of a piece of music |