| 100% | KEEPER | 6 | Small piece that holds the end of a belt in place |
| 44% | BUZZER | 6 | Loud noise that marks the end of a quarter or a game in basketball |
| 42% | FOLLICLE | 8 | Small cavity in the skin that a hair grows out of |
| 42% | TENON | 5 | Projecting end of a piece of wood that is formed to fit into a mortise in another piece |
| 42% | PINCENEZ | 8 | Pair of glasses without arms held in place by a clip that fits over the nose |
| 41% | GIB | 3 | Metal bolt that holds parts of a machine in place |
| 40% | ERIE | 4 | Lake at the end of a canal finished in 1825 |
| 40% | ANTHILL | 7 | End of a line in the sand, maybe |
| 40% | CAPO | 4 | Rank in the mafia that heads a crew of soldiers, once held by 18-Across |
| 40% | THEDRAGONTATTOO | 15 | The ending of a best selling book that went onto the big screen |
| 40% | CADENZA | 7 | Virtuoso solo passage near the end of a piece of music |
| 39% | HORN | 4 | Sound that signifies the end of a basketball game |
| 39% | SPOOL | 5 | Cylindrical object that holds the yarn in place |
| 39% | IOU | 3 | Item signed at the end of a night of Texas hold 'em, maybe |
| 39% | CAST | 4 | List at the end of a film, that's sometimes ordered by appearance |
| 39% | ISLE | 4 | Small piece of land in the sea |
| 39% | ISLE | 4 | Small piece of land in the ocean |
| 38% | JAPAN | 5 | Tokyo's country that holds a Guinness World Record for the smallest park, with an area equivalent to two sheets of A3 paper |
| 38% | TIPOUT | 6 | Distribute cash at the end of a shift, in restaurant lingo |
| 38% | JAW | 3 | Mouth part that holds the teeth of a T-Rex |
| 38% | FORKEND | 7 | Holds the wheels in place on a bicycle |
| 38% | TRICKY | 6 | With 21-, 30-, 49-, 61- and 74-Across, end of a Carrie Bradshaw quote that starts "Men in their 40s are like the New York Times Sunday crossword puzzle ..." |
| 38% | NOTELETS | 8 | Small pieces of paper, not bound in a book |
| 38% | CRAMPINGUP | 10 | In pain at the end of a race, say |
| 37% | GAMIER | 6 | Like that nice piece of wolverine steak you're saving vis-a-vis the grade A T-bone in the fridge |
| 37% | EAR | 3 | Feature of “The Powerpuff Girls” villain HIM that ends in a point |
| 37% | GOATEE | 6 | Feature of “The Powerpuff Girls” villain HIM that ends in a point |
| 37% | LSITS | 5 | Core-strengthening poses that hold the body in a right-angle shape |
| 37% | ASPEN | 5 | Tree that's the name of a city in Colorado |
| 37% | CADENZA | 7 | Solo piece near the end of a concerto |