| 100% | TAIL | 4 | End of a kite or a comet |
| 65% | TAIL | 4 | Part of a lemur or a comet |
| 63% | BUTT | 4 | End of a cigarette or a human |
| 63% | TAIL | 4 | End of a kite |
| 61% | PLOTTWIST | 9 | Shock ending of a book or a movie |
| 61% | BUTT | 4 | End of a cigarette or rifle |
| 60% | EDU | 3 | End of a Berkeley or Berklee address |
| 59% | SPOOL | 5 | One end of a kite string |
| 59% | BLADE | 5 | Business end of a kampilan or katana |
| 57% | SWAT | 4 | End of a fly? ... or the start of one? |
| 57% | BEDPOST | 7 | Support at the end of a headboard or footboard |
| 57% | BUZZER | 6 | Loud noise that marks the end of a quarter or a game in basketball |
| 56% | OUTRO | 5 | Closing sequence at the end of a film or video game |
| 55% | PERIOD | 6 | Punctuation mark placed at the end of a sentence or an abbreviation. |
| 54% | HEE | 3 | Beginning of a bray or end of a giggle |
| 54% | SCRAG | 5 | Lean end of a neck of veal or mutton |
| 53% | AGLET | 5 | Plastic or metal covering at the end of a shoelace |
| 53% | FINISHLINE | 10 | End of a race … or a hint to the conversation closers at 18-, 26- and 42-Across |
| 53% | APSE | 4 | Domed or vaulted recess at the east end of a church |
| 53% | GOALS | 5 | Nets on each end of a soccer field or hockey rink |
| 53% | TLDR | 4 | Acronym at the start or end of a wordy online post |
| 53% | AGLET | 5 | The metal or plastic tube on the end of a shoelace |
| 52% | DRAW | 4 | Start of a tournament ... or the end of a match? |
| 51% | BAYONET | 7 | “It’s either that or meet the business end of a ___” (“Hamilton” lyric) |
| 51% | HORN | 4 | Sound heard at the end of a period during basketball or hockey games |
| 51% | THE | 3 | "___ End," a message at the end of movies or cartoons |
| 51% | NARTHEX | 7 | Portico at the west end of a basilica or church, especially one at right angles to the nave |
| 50% | ZIP | 3 | With 14-Across, five or nine digits at the end of a snail mail address |
| 50% | BOTTOMSHEET | 11 | Bed cover ... or, literally, what the end of each answer to a starred clue is |
| 50% | RING | 4 | Bell ___, loud chiming sound that signals the start or end of a round in boxing |