| 100% | TUBA | 4 | It has a solo near the end of "An American in Paris" |
| 52% | OBOE | 4 | It has a brief solo in the first movement of Beethoven's Fifth |
| 49% | ACHILLES | 8 | Greek hero killed near the end of the Trojan War by Paris, who shot him in the heel with an arrow |
| 46% | CHOCOLATEO | 10 | It has a chance of sprinkles in the morning |
| 45% | CADENZA | 7 | Solo piece near the end of a concerto |
| 43% | GERSHWIN | 8 | Composer of An American in Paris |
| 43% | AGUA | 4 | Liquid at the end of the names of a Central American country and its capital |
| 42% | CADENZA | 7 | Virtuoso solo passage near the end of a piece of music |
| 42% | AIDA | 4 | The king of Egypt has a part in it |
| 42% | HERESHOWTOORDER | 15 | Line near the end of an infomercial |
| 42% | ERASE | 5 | A good pencil always has an ___r at the end of it for correcting mistakes |
| 42% | TAMPABAY | 8 | Team that has a tankful of rays in the back of its ballpark |
| 42% | VENTRICLE | 9 | A cavity in an organ; the heart has two of them |
| 42% | GENEKELLY | 9 | Star of Singin' in the Rain, An American in Paris |
| 41% | ALCS | 4 | An Astro has won its MVP in four of the last six years |
| 41% | LEU | 3 | Coin found in Tirasol that has the horn of an aurochs and a female figure of the moon on it |
| 40% | ILIAD | 5 | Hector dies near the end of it |
| 40% | ONE | 3 | Count near the end of a countdown |
| 40% | REENTRY | 7 | Event near the end of a mission |
| 40% | SECONDWIND | 10 | Something caught near the end of a race? |
| 40% | LATEDATE | 8 | Time near the end of a time range |
| 40% | WAXER | 5 | Machine near the end of a car wash |
| 40% | UNO | 3 | Call near the end of a card game |
| 40% | IDO | 3 | Words near the end of a wedding ceremony |
| 40% | FIZZLED | 7 | *I thought I had a good firework joke, but in the end, it just ___ out! (ended weakly) |
| 40% | SHORTTIMER | 10 | Soldier near the end of a tour of duty |
| 40% | OASIS | 5 | It has a spring in the middle |
| 40% | MOREL | 5 | It has a cap in the kitchen |
| 40% | RATIO | 5 | It has a colon in the middle |
| 40% | BELLY | 5 | It has a button in the middle |