100% | PUNCHLINE | 9 | Comes at the end of the joke, worth waiting for |
54% | SILENTE | 7 | It comes at the end of life |
54% | FREEDOM | 7 | It comes at the end of a sentence |
53% | TEST | 4 | It might come at the end of a unit |
53% | LINE | 4 | With 14 Across, payoff at the end of a joke |
52% | CLOSED | 6 | Came in to pitch at the end of a game |
52% | ZIP | 3 | Number at the end of a mailing address, for short |
51% | EXAM | 4 | Test at the end of semester, for short |
51% | TUNNEL | 6 | *Light at the end of the ___, a sign of better days to come |
51% | JUNECARTERCREDIT | 16 | Alternatively, rebate for a garbage hauler at the end of the second quarter? |
51% | EVER | 4 | It comes before "after," at the end of fairytales |
51% | CRABBING | 8 | Fishing for crustaceans at the end of a line |
51% | MFA | 3 | What comes at the end of an aspiring TV writer's program, maybe: abbr. |
50% | TIMOR | 5 | Isle at the eastern end of the Lesser Sunda Islands whose name (unsurprisingly!) comes from the Malay for "east" |
50% | YALL | 4 | "___ come back now, ya hear?" (line at the end of "The Beverly Hillbillies" episodes) |
49% | EONS | 4 | The first 2 hours of Pirates: At World's End seemed to go on for ___ until the action came |
48% | ZENERCARDS | 10 | Tools for ESP researchers (whose symbols are found at the ends of the answers to the five asterisked clues) |
48% | STORE | 5 | Workplace for the person named at the end of 20-, 25-, 45- or 52-Across |
48% | PRESIDENT | 9 | Title for the person named at the ends of 17-, 24-, 40- and 51-Across |
48% | ERASE | 5 | A good pencil always has an ___r at the end of it for correcting mistakes |
47% | AFTERALL | 8 | At the end of the day |
47% | LAST | 4 | At the end of the line |
47% | EVENTUALLY | 10 | At the end of the day |
47% | ALLINALL | 8 | At the end of the day |
47% | LANE | 4 | "The Ocean at the End of the ___," 2013 Neil Gaiman novel featuring themes of magical realism that was nominated for a Nebula Award |
46% | LAST | 4 | At the end of the queue, say |
46% | LIGHT | 5 | "___ at the end of the tunnel" |
46% | NOOSE | 5 | End of a rope for someone at the end of their life |
46% | NEXT | 4 | "Coming up ___..." (said on TV at the end of a show) |
46% | LIGHT | 5 | "___ at the end of the tunnel" (hope) |