| 100% | OED | 3 | Its last word is "zyxt": Abbr. |
| 58% | USSR | 4 | Gorbachev was its last leader: Abbr. |
| 58% | CATCHPHRASE | 11 | Familiar slogan ... or, based on its last word, what each answer to a starred clue is? |
| 55% | OCD | 3 | Repeating words silently may be a symptom of it: Abbr. |
| 54% | KISSME | 6 | "Casablanca" words repeated before "as if it were the last time" |
| 51% | USSR | 4 | Gorbachev was its last leader (abbr.) |
| 51% | REVELATION | 10 | Book whose last word is "Amen" |
| 50% | HEREKITTY | 9 | Summons whose last word is often repeated |
| 50% | KANE | 4 | Film character whose last word was "Rosebud" |
| 50% | APOLLO | 6 | Its last mission was #17 |
| 50% | AMENDMENTI | 10 | Its first word is "Congress" |
| 49% | OED | 3 | Its 2019 Word of the Year was "climate emergency" (Abbr.) |
| 49% | OED | 3 | Its 2022 Word of the Year was "goblin mode" (Abbr.) |
| 49% | KANE | 4 | Classic film "Citizen" whose last word is "Rosebud" |
| 49% | HAMLET | 6 | His last words were "The rest is silence" |
| 49% | CHEESE | 6 | Last word before someone is shot |
| 49% | ABA | 3 | The New York Nets were its last champs: Abbr. |
| 48% | NEMO | 4 | Seaman whose last words were "God and my country!" |
| 48% | HUPMOBILE | 9 | Its last model was the 1941 Skylark |
| 48% | CSA | 3 | Its last official capital was Richmond, Va. |
| 48% | KANE | 4 | Charles Foster ___ (classic film character whose last word was “Rosebud”) |
| 48% | CAPTAINAHAB | 11 | His last words were "Thus, I give up the spear!" |
| 48% | ROMEO | 5 | His last words were "Thus with a kiss I die" |
| 48% | KURTZ | 5 | Literary character whose last words are "The horror! The horror!" |
| 48% | ROMEO | 5 | Whose last words are "Thus with a kiss I die" |
| 47% | IDO | 3 | Last words before being pronounced husband and wife |
| 47% | USPS | 4 | Its symbol is an eagle: Abbr. |
| 47% | UAE | 3 | Its currency is the dirham: Abbr. |
| 47% | USCG | 4 | Its motto is "Semper paratus": Abbr. |