| 100% | CRAMPINGUP | 10 | In pain at the end of a race, say |
| 64% | FLAG | 4 | Chequered ___ (waved at the end of a race) |
| 64% | FLAG | 4 | It's checkered at the end of a race |
| 61% | TIE | 3 | 1-1, at the end of a game, say |
| 61% | AMEN | 4 | Said at the end of a prayer |
| 61% | AGENT | 5 | Human voice at the end of a phone tree, say |
| 61% | ERIE | 4 | Lake at the end of a canal finished in 1825 |
| 60% | BEEP | 4 | Sound at the end of a washing machine's cycle, say |
| 60% | TIPOUT | 6 | Distribute cash at the end of a shift, in restaurant lingo |
| 60% | CHECKMATE | 9 | Said at the end of a game of chess |
| 59% | AMEN | 4 | Word said at the end of a prayer |
| 58% | AMEN | 4 | Word said at the end of a Hail Mary |
| 58% | OVER | 4 | Word said at the end of a walkie-talkie message |
| 57% | ADIEUX | 6 | They're said at the end of a soirée |
| 57% | ADIEUX | 6 | They're said at the end of a soiree |
| 56% | SURRENDER | 9 | To give in, especially at the end of a battle |
| 56% | FINISHLINE | 10 | End of a race … or a hint to the conversation closers at 18-, 26- and 42-Across |
| 56% | TAPE | 4 | What a runner breaks through at the end of a race |
| 55% | SE\"HOME | 8 | Be a gentleman to at the end of a date, say |
| 55% | CLOSED | 6 | Came in to pitch at the end of a game |
| 54% | TAPE | 4 | What a marathon winner breaks through at the end of a race |
| 54% | MORENDO | 7 | In music, a gradual decrescendo at the end of a cadence |
| 53% | ARMREST | 7 | At the end of a sofa, to lean on |
| 53% | OLE | 3 | Cheer at the end of a dance |
| 53% | ETAL | 4 | Abbr. at the end of a list |
| 53% | FOOTNOTE | 8 | Annotation at the end of a page |
| 53% | QED | 3 | Abbr. at the end of a proof |
| 53% | QED | 3 | Letters at the end of a proof |
| 53% | WHOAMI | 6 | Question at the end of a riddle |
| 53% | AMEN | 4 | Word at the end of a prayer |