| 100% | ADV | 3 | Happily, ever, or after: abbr. |
| 59% | EPILOGUES | 9 | Happily ever afters, e.g. |
| 58% | FAIRYTALEENDING | 15 | "Happily ever after" ... or what 17-, 27-, 39- or 47-Across has? |
| 55% | BET | 3 | "After Happily Ever After" cable channel |
| 55% | AMER | 4 | Abbr. after N. or S. |
| 55% | CTR | 3 | Abbr. after Lincoln or Kennedy |
| 55% | HTS | 3 | Abbr. after Cleveland or Brooklyn |
| 55% | DAK | 3 | Abbr. after N. or S. |
| 55% | OPS | 3 | Abbr. after black or photo |
| 55% | HTS | 3 | Abbr. after Brooklyn or Washington |
| 55% | HTS | 3 | Abbr. after Shaker or Brooklyn |
| 55% | HTS | 3 | Abbr. after Brooklyn or Cleveland |
| 55% | TECH | 4 | Abbr. after Texas or Georgia |
| 55% | HTS | 3 | Abbr. after "Washington" or "Lincoln" |
| 55% | HTS | 3 | Abbr. after "Cleveland" or "Shaker" |
| 54% | ROMANCE | 7 | Novel with a happily ever after loving partnership |
| 54% | ISLA | 4 | "___ and the Happily Ever After" (Stephanie Perkins book) |
| 54% | ENDING | 6 | “And they lived happily ever after,” e.g. |
| 54% | STD | 3 | Abbr. after "Rev." or before "dev." |
| 53% | STD | 3 | Abbr. after gold or before of living |
| 49% | HTS | 3 | Abbr. after Brooklyn or Washington, in New York City neighborhood names |
| 46% | LEIAOUTCOME | 11 | "Happily ever after" with Han Solo? |
| 45% | AFTER | 5 | Happily ever ___ |
| 45% | PHD | 3 | Degree that someone might earn after an M.S. or M.A.: Abbr. |
| 44% | FAIRYTALE | 9 | Story that ends with "happily ever after" |
| 44% | AFTER | 5 | "... happily ever ___" |
| 44% | AFTER | 5 | ''. . . happily ever __'' |
| 43% | TALE | 4 | Fairy ___, story with a "happily ever after," perhaps |
| 42% | THEEND | 6 | Words after "happily ever after," often |
| 42% | AFTER | 5 | "... lived happily ever ___" |