| 100% | NYM | 3 | Ending to "syno-" or "anto-" |
| 100% | NYM | 3 | Ending to "syno" or "anto" |
| 68% | STEAD | 5 | Ending to home or farm |
| 68% | ITE | 3 | Ending to Manhattan or Brooklyn |
| 68% | CLE | 3 | Ending to "arti-" or "parti-" |
| 68% | SCAPE | 5 | End to land or sea |
| 68% | STER | 4 | End to hip- or quip- |
| 67% | CHIP | 4 | Ending to "micro," "choco" or "potato" |
| 64% | BALL | 4 | Ending to many sports names, as "Basket-" or "Foot-" |
| 64% | NYM | 3 | Ending for "anto" or "syno" |
| 63% | MAN | 3 | Superhero ending to "Iron" or "Ant" |
| 62% | CLIFFHANGER | 11 | Suspenseful ending to a TV show or film |
| 62% | STAMPOUT | 8 | Put an end to bad behavior or unrest |
| 58% | CALLTIME | 8 | __ on something; decide to end or quit |
| 58% | ANT | 3 | Common ending to "pant" and "giant" ... or with 42d, a digging insect |
| 58% | CEASE | 5 | To stop something or to bring it to an end |
| 57% | MATE | 4 | Ending for "check" or "stale," to a chess player |
| 57% | WORK | 4 | Ending for "right to" or "put to" |
| 57% | COOLDOWN | 8 | Slow movement or stretching to end a workout |
| 56% | MICDROP | 7 | Dramatic ending to a performance ... or a hint to answering the six starred clues |
| 55% | DREWALINE | 9 | Did or didn't agree to end the illustrators' strike? |
| 55% | DRAWCONCLUSIONS | 15 | Infer ... or what the answers to starred clues end with? |
| 55% | MAKEPEACE | 9 | To end an argument or disagreement with someone |
| 54% | ATTEND | 6 | Go to an event... or a word that ends in "end" |
| 53% | CHEWTOY | 7 | Puppy amuser ... or the end of the answer to each starred clue |
| 52% | NYM | 3 | Ending for "acro" or "syno" |
| 52% | PAYOFF | 6 | Denouement, or satisfying end to a film |
| 51% | III | 3 | The third ... or a hint to the rhyming ends of every Across answer |
| 51% | EEN | 3 | "Hallow" end to give a trick-or-treating day |
| 51% | AHEADOFSCHEDULE | 15 | Early ... or where the answers to the starred clues' ending words can be found |