| 100% | NOOSE | 5 | Not the best thing to have at the end of your rope |
| 58% | WATERSKI | 8 | What to do when you're at the end of your rope? |
| 53% | ASLEEP | 6 | Not a good thing to be at the wheel |
| 52% | WATERSKIING | 11 | Enjoyment when at the end of your rope? |
| 51% | ANY | 3 | "___ questions?" question to clarify doubts at the end of a lesson that you have probably heard from your teacher |
| 46% | SOIR | 4 | Best time of day to see the Mercury from Brest at the end of September |
| 46% | TUNNEL | 6 | *Light at the end of the ___, a sign of better days to come |
| 45% | AVIAN | 5 | Bird-related ... four of them have landed at the ends of the answers to starred clues |
| 44% | INS | 3 | Good things to have at hot clubs |
| 44% | ACE | 3 | Good thing to have in the hole |
| 44% | ASSET | 5 | Good thing to have on the books |
| 44% | WIN | 3 | Good thing to have on the record |
| 44% | STREETSMARTS | 12 | Good thing to have in the city |
| 44% | HUMBLEPIE | 9 | Not a good thing to have to eat |
| 44% | BELL | 4 | Thing that rings at the end of class |
| 43% | FINGERS | 7 | Appendages at the ends of your hands |
| 42% | CHECKOUT | 8 | Leave a hotel at the end of your stay |
| 42% | FEDUP | 5 | At the end of one's rope |
| 42% | NAIL | 4 | Thing on the end of your finger |
| 42% | NAIL | 4 | Thing at the end of a finger |
| 42% | TOENAIL | 7 | Thing at the end of a foot |
| 42% | PAWORDS | 7 | Things at the ends of dogs' legs |
| 42% | BEHIND | 6 | At the end of, not keeping up |
| 42% | CLOSED | 6 | Came in to pitch at the end of a game |
| 42% | REELIN | 6 | Not leave at the end of the line |
| 42% | ERASE | 5 | A good pencil always has an ___r at the end of it for correcting mistakes |
| 42% | RING | 4 | Good thing to have on hand at a wedding? |
| 42% | FEDUP | 5 | At the end of one's rope: 2 wds. |
| 41% | ARMREST | 7 | At the end of a sofa, to lean on |
| 41% | RIPS | 4 | Cool things to have on the knees of jeans, to many people |