| 100% | MORENDO | 7 | In music, a gradual decrescendo at the end of a cadence |
| 60% | CRAMPINGUP | 10 | In pain at the end of a race, say |
| 59% | SKA | 3 | Music genre found at the end of a U.S. state |
| 59% | SURRENDER | 9 | To give in, especially at the end of a battle |
| 59% | ERIE | 4 | Lake at the end of a canal finished in 1825 |
| 59% | CLOSED | 6 | Came in to pitch at the end of a game |
| 58% | TIPOUT | 6 | Distribute cash at the end of a shift, in restaurant lingo |
| 54% | BAYONET | 7 | A blade found at the end of a rifle |
| 54% | LAW | 3 | What the bill becomes at the end of “I’m Just a Bill,” in “Schoolhouse Rock” |
| 53% | TIMES | 5 | Square where the words in this puzzle's dropping balls may be heard at the end of a song's first verse |
| 53% | PROP | 4 | In rugby, either of the forwards at an end of the front row of a scrum |
| 52% | MORAL | 5 | A lesson at the end of a fable |
| 52% | SE\"HOME | 8 | Be a gentleman to at the end of a date, say |
| 52% | APPENDIX | 8 | The supplementary material at the end of a book |
| 52% | ARMREST | 7 | At the end of a sofa, to lean on |
| 52% | OLE | 3 | Cheer at the end of a dance |
| 52% | ETAL | 4 | Abbr. at the end of a list |
| 52% | FOOTNOTE | 8 | Annotation at the end of a page |
| 52% | QED | 3 | Abbr. at the end of a proof |
| 52% | QED | 3 | Letters at the end of a proof |
| 52% | WHOAMI | 6 | Question at the end of a riddle |
| 52% | AMEN | 4 | Word at the end of a prayer |
| 52% | EXAM | 4 | Test at the end of a semester |
| 52% | RAREGAS | 7 | Noble at the end of a table? |
| 52% | AMEN | 4 | Exclamation at the end of a prayer |
| 52% | TGIF | 4 | Cry at the end of a workweek |
| 52% | VERDICT | 7 | Decision at the end of a trial |
| 52% | DOT | 3 | Period at the end of a sentence |
| 52% | PENDANT | 7 | Ornament at the end of a necklace |
| 52% | IMADEIT | 7 | Exclamation at the end of a trip |