| 100% | SOOTY | 5 | Like a chimney sweep at the end of the workday |
| 58% | SLAIN | 5 | Like the dragon at the end of a hero's tale |
| 56% | ASKEW | 5 | Like a necktie near the end of a long workday, maybe |
| 55% | TRITE | 5 | Like a sunset at the end of a movie |
| 55% | WAISTHIGH | 9 | Like water at the shallow end of a pool |
| 54% | SOOTY | 5 | Like a chimney sweep at work |
| 53% | BEHEADED | 8 | Like Sydney Carton at the end of "A Tale of Two Cities" |
| 53% | TESTED | 6 | Like students at the end of the semester |
| 53% | BAYONET | 7 | A blade found at the end of a rifle |
| 52% | FIVEOCLOCKSHAD | 14 | *Herringlike fish that shows up at the typical end of a workday? |
| 52% | TAMED | 5 | Like Kate, the shrew, at the end of the play |
| 52% | JUNECARTERCREDIT | 16 | Alternatively, rebate for a garbage hauler at the end of the second quarter? |
| 51% | TIED | 4 | Like Super Bowl LI, at the end of regulation |
| 51% | ASEA | 4 | Like Frodo at the end of the "Lord of the Rings" trilogy |
| 51% | DISMISS | 7 | Fire; send a class home at the end of school |
| 51% | INEXILE | 7 | Like Napoleon at the end of his life |
| 51% | MORAL | 5 | A lesson at the end of a fable |
| 50% | MORENDO | 7 | In music, a gradual decrescendo at the end of a cadence |
| 50% | SE\"HOME | 8 | Be a gentleman to at the end of a date, say |
| 50% | STY | 3 | Where a pig retreats to at the end of the day |
| 50% | FALLS | 5 | What a Jenga tower does at the end of the game |
| 50% | APPENDIX | 8 | The supplementary material at the end of a book |
| 50% | EXAM | 4 | A student takes this at the end of semester |
| 50% | ARMREST | 7 | At the end of a sofa, to lean on |
| 50% | HELPLINE | 8 | A counselor may be at the end of one |
| 50% | OLE | 3 | Cheer at the end of a dance |
| 50% | ETAL | 4 | Abbr. at the end of a list |
| 50% | FOOTNOTE | 8 | Annotation at the end of a page |
| 50% | QED | 3 | Abbr. at the end of a proof |
| 50% | QED | 3 | Letters at the end of a proof |