| 100% | CLOSED | 6 | Came in to pitch at the end of a game |
| 59% | SURRENDER | 9 | To give in, especially at the end of a battle |
| 59% | TUNNEL | 6 | *Light at the end of the ___, a sign of better days to come |
| 56% | CHECKMATE | 9 | Said at the end of a game of chess |
| 56% | TIE | 3 | 1-1, at the end of a game, say |
| 56% | CHECKMATE | 9 | Winning move at the end of a game of chess |
| 55% | ARMREST | 7 | At the end of a sofa, to lean on |
| 55% | IRESIGN | 7 | Declaration at the end of a chess game |
| 54% | ERIE | 4 | Lake at the end of a canal finished in 1825 |
| 53% | OUTRO | 5 | Closing sequence at the end of a film or video game |
| 53% | TIPOUT | 6 | Distribute cash at the end of a shift, in restaurant lingo |
| 53% | HEATEXHAUSTION | 14 | What Miami players experience at the end of a triple overtime game? |
| 53% | HAILMARY | 8 | Long, desperate pass at the end of a football game: 2 wds. |
| 53% | CAPISCE | 7 | Word at the end of a sentence to mean "Do you understand?" |
| 53% | HORN | 4 | Sound heard at the end of a period during basketball or hockey games |
| 52% | SCORELINE | 9 | Figures of interest at the end of a game? |
| 52% | CRAMPINGUP | 10 | In pain at the end of a race, say |
| 52% | FREEDOM | 7 | It comes at the end of a sentence |
| 52% | ETCETERA | 8 | Latin phrase often used at the end of a list to mean "and so on" |
| 50% | TEST | 4 | It might come at the end of a unit |
| 50% | BUZZER | 6 | Loud noise that marks the end of a quarter or a game in basketball |
| 49% | POT | 3 | Container that's said to be at the end of a rainbow |
| 49% | ANTE | 4 | Money put in at the beginning of a card game |
| 49% | CLEF | 4 | In music, a symbol normally placed at the beginning of a line of music to indicate the pitch |
| 48% | SE\"HOME | 8 | Be a gentleman to at the end of a date, say |
| 48% | MORENDO | 7 | In music, a gradual decrescendo at the end of a cadence |
| 48% | FINISHLINE | 10 | End of a race … or a hint to the conversation closers at 18-, 26- and 42-Across |
| 48% | SOFTIE | 6 | One who's liable to cry at the end of a romantic comedy, e.g. |
| 47% | OLE | 3 | Cheer at the end of a dance |
| 47% | ETAL | 4 | Abbr. at the end of a list |