| 57% | ETAL | 4 | Abbreviation used at the end of the list: 2 wds. |
| 57% | FINALEXAM | 9 | Big test at the end of the semester: 2 wds. |
| 56% | FEDUP | 5 | At the end of one's rope: 2 wds. |
| 55% | IWIN | 4 | What the victor might say at the end of the game: 2 wds. |
| 55% | ORELSE | 6 | Words at the end of a threat: 2 wds. |
| 54% | MARIANORIVERA | 13 | Longtime Yankees closer who's retiring at the end of the 2013 season: 2 wds. |
| 54% | STICKSIT | 8 | Nails the landing at the end of a gymnastics routine: 2 wds. |
| 54% | HAILMARY | 8 | Long, desperate pass at the end of a football game: 2 wds. |
| 53% | ETAL | 4 | Abbreviation at the end of a list of people: 2 wds. |
| 52% | ISEE | 4 | "May ___ you again?" (question at the end of a date): 2 wds. |
| 50% | EMERALD | 7 | City at the end of the Yellow Brick Road |
| 49% | NOME | 4 | Alaska city at the end of the Iditarod |
| 49% | NOME | 4 | City at the end of the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race |
| 49% | ORSO | 4 | Words at the end of an estimate (2 wds.) |
| 49% | ORSO | 4 | Words at the end of a guesstimate (2 wds.) |
| 48% | ASTORIA | 7 | City almost at the end of the Columbia River |
| 48% | BELGRADE | 8 | City at eastern end of the medieval Tsarigrad Road |
| 47% | RAINBOWROAD | 11 | Colorful racetrack found at the end of each 45-Across game (2 wds.) |
| 47% | BUBBLETEA | 9 | Beverage with "pearls" at the bottom of the cup: 2 wds. |
| 47% | ELPASO | 6 | Texas city at one end of the Franklin Mountains |
| 47% | ETAL | 4 | Phrase similar to "etc." that is added at the end of a list to mean that there are more unlisted items: 2 wds. |
| 47% | ULYSSESSGRANT | 13 | Top Union general at the end of the Civil War: 3 wds. |
| 47% | ROBERTELEE | 10 | Top Confederate general at the end of the Civil War: 3 wds. |
| 47% | MARCOPOLO | 9 | Favorite at the court of the Great Khan: 2 wds. |
| 46% | WEMADEIT | 8 | Happy cry at the end of a long trip (3 wds.) |
| 46% | BONAPPETIT | 10 | Phrase uttered by 44-Across at the end of each episode of 32-Across (2 wds.) |
| 45% | ANERA | 5 | "It's the end of ___!" (wistful words at someone's retirement) (2 wds.) |
| 45% | CLOCKIN | 7 | Punch one's time card at the start of the day: 2 wds. |
| 45% | LAE | 3 | City at one end of Papua New Guinea's Highlands Highway |
| 45% | WHOAMI | 6 | Question at the end of some riddles (3 wds.) |