| 100% | OMERTA | 6 | Sequel to Puzo's "The Last Don" |
| 55% | OMERTA | 6 | "The Last Don" sequel |
| 52% | SAP | 3 | He's the last to know |
| 52% | BIGSUR | 6 | Sequel to Kerouac's "On the Road" |
| 51% | PUZO | 4 | The Last Don author |
| 50% | SONS | 4 | Sequel to Pearl S. Buck's "The Good Earth" |
| 49% | WISH | 4 | "Puss in Boots: The Last ___," 2022 film starring Antonio Banderas that is a sequel to a 2011 film |
| 48% | ROADS | 5 | ''Where we're going we don't need __'' (''Back to the Future'' last line) |
| 47% | SONS | 4 | Sequel to Buck's "The Good Earth" |
| 46% | ROW | 3 | You don't want to be in the last one |
| 46% | IATEIT | 6 | Disappointing reply to "Where's the last chocolate truffle?" |
| 46% | III | 3 | The last "Back to the Future" |
| 45% | RINGO | 5 | The last member to join The Beatles |
| 45% | NEPAL | 5 | The last Hindu monarchy (up to 2008) |
| 45% | MOSS | 4 | Frank, the last Democrat to represent Utah in the U.S. Senate (1959-77) |
| 45% | UPDATE | 6 | To brief on the latest |
| 44% | BYEBYEPRODUCTS | 14 | "That's my last trip to the store, ever!"? |
| 44% | YETTOCOME | 9 | The last Christmas ghost to visit Ebenezer Scrooge |
| 44% | CREED | 5 | 2015 sequel to the "Rocky" series |
| 44% | HONEYIMHOME | 11 | Cry after navigating the last parts of the answers to this puzzle's starred clues? |
| 44% | NEWEST | 6 | Late to the max |
| 44% | ELO | 3 | "Telephone Line" band (and the answer to last January's MMMM) |
| 44% | REAR | 4 | Part of the plane that's last to get off, usually |
| 43% | BONELAND | 8 | Alan Garner's adult sequel to The Moon of Gomrath |
| 43% | OVERATE | 7 | Regretted the last trip to the buffet |
| 43% | UPRISING | 8 | Pacific Rim __, sequel to the 2013 original |
| 43% | VOLGA | 5 | River connected by canal to the Don |
| 43% | IQUIT | 5 | Last words to the boss |
| 43% | ZED | 3 | Last letter, to The Guardian |
| 43% | SLOWEST | 7 | Last to the finish line |