| 100% | SENTENCE | 8 | It ends with a period or with jail time |
| 49% | LYCEE | 5 | It ends with a baccalauréat |
| 47% | POKER | 5 | It ends with a show of hands |
| 46% | REVERIE | 7 | It might end with a start |
| 45% | RACE | 4 | It starts and ends with a line |
| 44% | NYE | 3 | It may end with a midnight kiss: Abbr. |
| 44% | SPAN | 4 | Ending with time or life |
| 43% | PRAYER | 6 | It ends with something found four times in this puzzle |
| 43% | QUALITYTIME | 11 | Period of undivided attention, as with a spouse or child |
| 43% | OPENED | 6 | It's done with a browser or a stock price |
| 43% | HONE | 4 | Get better or perfect over a period of time |
| 43% | YEAR | 4 | Calendar period that begins and ends with a bang |
| 42% | COUNTRY | 7 | A nation or territory with its own government |
| 41% | MARIGOLD | 8 | Orange or yellow flower whose name ends with a precious metal |
| 41% | DRYSPELL | 8 | Time with a lack of productivity or lack of water |
| 40% | GIF | 3 | Whether it's pronounced with a hard or soft G is much debated |
| 40% | LEASING | 7 | Loaning a property or vehicle for a period of time |
| 40% | CYLINDER | 8 | A tube with circular ends; a round column or pipe |
| 39% | SCREW | 5 | Item in the hardware department with a "+" or "-" on its head |
| 38% | ERA | 3 | A historically significant period of time, the end of an ___. |
| 38% | THREAT | 6 | It may end with "or else!" |
| 38% | ZIP | 3 | With 14-Across, five or nine digits at the end of a snail mail address |
| 38% | TONIC | 5 | It's often mixed with gin or vodka in a cocktail |
| 37% | HARBORING | 9 | Giving a home or shelter to. When done with a fugitive, it is illegal |
| 37% | ERA | 3 | "The end of an ___" ( a significant historical period of time) |
| 37% | NAIL | 4 | Item you can hit with a hammer and it either hurts or it doesn't |
| 37% | ANO | 3 | It ends with diciembre |
| 36% | CODA | 4 | It ends with two bars |
| 36% | FABLE | 5 | It ends in a point |
| 36% | ION | 3 | It comes with a charge |