| 100% | ANDYROONEY | 10 | He usually appears near the end of the hour |
| 51% | ACHILLES | 8 | Greek hero killed near the end of the Trojan War by Paris, who shot him in the heel with an arrow |
| 49% | ZITHER | 6 | Instrument near the end of the dictionary |
| 48% | LASTCALL | 8 | Bartender's cry near the end of the night |
| 48% | PESHAWAR | 8 | Pakistani city near the end of the Khyber Pass |
| 48% | OLAVI | 5 | Norwegian king near the end of the first millennium |
| 48% | ZINNIA | 6 | Brightly colored flower near the end of the alphabet |
| 47% | LEG | 3 | What Clint lost near the end of the (excellent) Beguiled |
| 47% | EURO | 4 | Currency that debuted near the end of the 20th century |
| 47% | DUEL | 4 | Event near the end of ''Hamilton'' |
| 46% | ONE | 3 | Count near the end of a countdown |
| 46% | HERESHOWTOORDER | 15 | Line near the end of an infomercial |
| 46% | REENTRY | 7 | Event near the end of a mission |
| 46% | ILIAD | 5 | Hector dies near the end of it |
| 46% | ONE | 3 | End of the "witching hour" |
| 46% | SECONDWIND | 10 | Something caught near the end of a race? |
| 46% | DST | 3 | It begins near the end of winter: Abbr. |
| 46% | LATEDATE | 8 | Time near the end of a time range |
| 46% | WAXER | 5 | Machine near the end of a car wash |
| 46% | UNO | 3 | Call near the end of a card game |
| 46% | CADENZA | 7 | Solo piece near the end of a concerto |
| 46% | IDO | 3 | Words near the end of a wedding ceremony |
| 46% | FRI | 3 | End of the workweek, usually: Abbr. |
| 45% | SHORTTIMER | 10 | Soldier near the end of a tour of duty |
| 45% | RAFT | 4 | What Chuck builds near the end of "Cast Away" |
| 45% | FRI | 3 | End of the work week, usually: Abbr. |
| 45% | DEC | 3 | End of the fall semester, usually: Abbr. |
| 45% | SANTA | 5 | Seasonal visitor who appears at the end of the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade |
| 45% | DEEP | 4 | Like the end of the pool nearest the diving board |
| 45% | ENTER | 5 | Something you usually hit at the end of every paragraph |