| 100% | MYWAY | 5 | Sinatra standard that begins "And now, the end is near" |
| 86% | MYWAY | 5 | Sinatra classic that begins "And now, the end is near" |
| 79% | MYWAY | 5 | Classic song that begins "And now the end is near" |
| 76% | MYWAY | 5 | Classic Frank Sinatra song that begins, "And now, the end is near" (2 wds.) |
| 48% | ALL | 3 | Word that begins and ends the Three Musketeers’ motto |
| 47% | OHIO | 4 | US state that begins and ends with the same letter |
| 41% | STANDBYME | 9 | King classic that begins, "When the night has come / And the land is dark" |
| 41% | MOVERS | 6 | Businesses that tend to be busiest at the starts and ends of months |
| 41% | ANNABELLEE | 10 | Classic poem that begins "It was many and many a year ago / In a kingdom by the sea" |
| 41% | FREEATLAST | 10 | End of a speech that included the words "1963 is not an end, but a beginning" |
| 40% | RICHARDIII | 10 | Shakespeare play that begins "Now is the winter of our discontent" |
| 40% | OWL | 3 | Flaco the ___, bird that escaped the Central Park Zoo and is now living in Central Park |
| 40% | AFROPUNK | 8 | Annual music festival that originated in Brooklyn and is now held in cities around the world |
| 40% | HORN | 4 | Mellow-toned brass instrument that is narrow at one end and much wider at the other |
| 39% | ARAL | 4 | Area that was once the world's fourth largest lake and is now partly the Aralkum Desert |
| 39% | HXHHXHHXHHXHHXH | 15 | When the ends of each of its letters are connected to those above and below, a simplified schematic of a famous structure |
| 39% | RINGOFFIRE | 10 | Country standard that begins "Love is a burning thing" |
| 39% | AROUNDTHEWORLDINATDAYS | 22 | 1873 adventure novel that begins and ends in London |
| 39% | YEAR | 4 | Calendar period that begins and ends with a bang |
| 38% | RENT | 4 | Tony-winning musical that begins and ends on Christmas Eve |
| 38% | TOURDEFRANCE | 12 | Annual cycling race that ends at Champs-Elysees and is a part of the UCI World Tour: 3 wds. |
| 38% | ESS | 3 | It’s near the end of August and at the beginning of September |
| 37% | FEB | 3 | Only mo. that can begin and end on the same day of the week |
| 37% | NYSE | 4 | Wall Street trading venue that begins and ends with a famous bell (Abbr.) |
| 36% | RAGES | 5 | The beginning and end of rampages, fittingly? |
| 36% | LENORE | 6 | Classic verse that begins "Ah, broken is the golden bowl!" |
| 36% | ODETOMAN | 8 | Sophocles tribute that begins "Numberless are the world's wonders ..." |
| 36% | DAWN | 4 | Beginning of the day and end of night |
| 36% | TIGERWOODS | 10 | Considered one of the best in golf, he was central figure in a controversy that involved infidelity and ended in his divorce: 2 wds. |
| 35% | LETITSNOW | 9 | When tripled, song that begins, "Oh, the weather outside is frightful" |