| 100% | EVER | 4 | For, how or what ending |
| 73% | EVER | 4 | For or what ending |
| 70% | EER | 3 | Ending for how or who, for Shakespeare |
| 68% | EVER | 4 | Ending for what or when |
| 65% | EVER | 4 | Ending for who, what or where |
| 64% | EER | 3 | Poet's ending with what or how |
| 52% | EVER | 4 | For or what follower |
| 52% | BACKBURNER | 10 | Place for a nonurgent issue, and what can be found at the end of 16-, 24-, 37-, or 53- Across? |
| 52% | LORN | 4 | Ending for for or love |
| 51% | EER | 3 | Ending with who, what or when |
| 51% | ESS | 3 | Ending for "count," "host," or "lion" |
| 51% | ADE | 3 | Ending for "lemon," "lime," or "orange" |
| 51% | LOCK | 4 | Ending for wed, dead or head |
| 51% | INS | 3 | Ending for walk, run or sit |
| 51% | SCAPE | 5 | Ending for "land," "city," or "sea" |
| 51% | WARE | 4 | Ending for silver, soft, or spy |
| 51% | NYM | 3 | Ending for acro- or homo- |
| 51% | ESE | 3 | Ending for "Vietnam" or "Sudan" |
| 51% | ENT | 3 | Ending for "insist" or "absorb" |
| 51% | ADE | 3 | Ending for "Power" or "Gator" |
| 51% | ADE | 3 | Ending for "lemon" or "orange" |
| 51% | OTA | 3 | Ending for "bi" or "quo" |
| 51% | ENT | 3 | Ending for "persist" or "respond" |
| 51% | ITE | 3 | Ending for "Seattle" or "Israel" |
| 51% | ESS | 3 | Ending for "count" or "heir" |
| 51% | NYM | 3 | Ending for "acro" or "syno" |
| 51% | ADE | 3 | Ending for "lime" or "Gator" |
| 51% | ESS | 3 | Ending for "steward" or "count" |
| 51% | UGE | 3 | Ending for "ref-" or "del-" |
| 51% | ENT | 3 | Ending for "exist" or "consist" |