| 100% | ARN | 3 | Hal Foster's comic character hidden at the end of "yarn" |
| 48% | TACT | 4 | Diplomat's skill that is hidden at the end of "contact" |
| 46% | POTOFGOLD | 9 | It is said to be hidden at the end of the rainbow |
| 45% | ROYALFLUSH | 10 | What's hidden at the ends of 17-, 23-, 29-, 43- and 47-Across--if all are in, say, 38-Across |
| 44% | ARN | 3 | Hal Foster's comic character |
| 43% | FEDUP | 5 | At the end of one's patience |
| 43% | FEDUP | 5 | At the end of one's rope |
| 43% | POTOFGOLD | 9 | Hidden by leprechauns at the end of a rainbow |
| 43% | BETHMARCH | 9 | Character who dies at the end of "Little Women" |
| 42% | FEDUP | 5 | At the end of one's rope: 2 wds. |
| 42% | ROPE | 4 | At the end of one's ___ (cannot cope anymore) |
| 42% | ARTOODETOO | 10 | Character seen at the beginning and end of "Star Wars" |
| 42% | HANGS | 5 | Is at the end of one's rope? |
| 42% | WATERSKI | 8 | Be at the end of one's rope? |
| 42% | ORG | 3 | Letters at the end of NPR's URL |
| 41% | AMEN | 4 | Word at the end of the Lord's Prayer |
| 41% | INC | 3 | Abbr. at the end of a company's name |
| 41% | EDU | 3 | Letters at the end of a college's URL |
| 41% | ANDSOTOBED | 10 | Line at the end of a day's diary |
| 41% | ORB | 3 | Item at the end of a wizard's staff |
| 41% | FINALS | 6 | Exams at the end of one's university life |
| 41% | QED | 3 | Letters at the end of a logician's proof |
| 41% | MORAL | 5 | Lesson at the end of a children's story |
| 41% | MORAL | 5 | Message at the end of one of Aesop's fables |
| 41% | NOOSE | 5 | It may be at the end of one's rope |
| 41% | EDU | 3 | Letters at the end of a professor's email address |
| 41% | EDU | 3 | Letters at the end of a college's web address |
| 41% | DELPHI | 6 | Site at the end of Ancient Greece's Via Pythia |
| 41% | NOOSE | 5 | This may be at the end of one's rope |
| 41% | WOOF | 4 | Sound from one at the end of one's leash |