| 100% | GREYGOO | 7 | End-of-the-world scenario with out-of-control nanobots |
| 59% | APOCALYPSE | 10 | End of the world |
| 59% | POLES | 5 | Ends of the world |
| 59% | NORTHPOLE | 9 | End of the world? |
| 59% | POLE | 4 | End of the world? |
| 59% | DOOMSDAY | 8 | The end of the world |
| 57% | SKEETER | 7 | "The End of the World" singer Davis |
| 57% | POLAR | 5 | Like the end of the world |
| 57% | ITS | 3 | "___ not the end of the world" |
| 57% | ITS | 3 | "___ not the end of the world!" |
| 56% | POLE | 4 | It's the end of the world |
| 56% | MICHAELSTIPE | 12 | Singer who came up with "It's the End of the World as We Know It (And I Feel Fine)" in his sleep: 2 wds. |
| 55% | POLES | 5 | European second to the ends of the world |
| 55% | POLES | 5 | European society at the ends of the world |
| 55% | RELAX | 5 | "It's not the end of the world" |
| 55% | OMEGA | 5 | The end of the Greek world? |
| 55% | INTHEDOGHOUSE | 13 | Out of favor with one's partner, and where to find the ends of the answers to the starred clues |
| 55% | TSING | 5 | "The Mushroom at the End of the World" author Anna |
| 55% | DEAN | 4 | "The House at the End of the World" novelist Koontz |
| 54% | RAN | 3 | With 2-Down, was out of control |
| 54% | NORTH | 5 | With 7-Across, top of the world? |
| 54% | WORDFOR | 7 | With 62-Across, end of the query |
| 54% | DIFFERENCE | 10 | With 113-Across, end of the definition |
| 54% | OWEN | 4 | "A Murder at the End of the World" actor Clive |
| 54% | ROCK | 4 | "School of ___," 2003 movie that ends with a classroom-turned-band rocking out in a battle of the bands |
| 54% | RUN | 3 | With 19-Down, go wildly out of control |
| 54% | TEE | 3 | With 51-Across, end of the London blitz? |
| 54% | DOT | 3 | With 2-Down, end of the Gettysburg address? |
| 53% | WEKNOWIT | 8 | "It's the End of the World as __, I feel fine" |
| 53% | ANOTHERDAY | 10 | End of the end of "Gone With the Wind" |