| 100% | EXAM | 4 | Source of stress at semester's end |
| 53% | FIRSTAMENDMENT | 14 | Source of the freedoms found at the ends of this puzzle's four other longest answers |
| 48% | EXAM | 4 | Test at the end of a semester |
| 48% | FINAL | 5 | Exam at the end of a semester |
| 48% | EXAM | 4 | Final ___ (test at the end of the semester) |
| 48% | TESTED | 6 | Like students at the end of the semester |
| 48% | EXAM | 4 | Test at the end of semester, for short |
| 48% | TERMPAPER | 9 | Essay due at the end of a semester |
| 47% | TESTED | 6 | Like students at semester's end |
| 47% | EXAM | 4 | A student takes this at the end of semester |
| 47% | EXAM | 4 | What students give at the end of a semester |
| 46% | FINALEXAM | 9 | Big test at the end of the semester: 2 wds. |
| 46% | ONUS | 4 | Source of stress, probably |
| 45% | APTEST | 6 | Source of springtime stress for a H.S. student |
| 44% | GRE | 3 | Source of stress for a sr. |
| 44% | GRE | 3 | Source of stress for a coll. senior |
| 44% | EMAILS | 6 | Source of stress for a returning vacationer |
| 43% | INBOXES | 7 | Sources of stress for many modern workers |
| 43% | FEDUP | 5 | At the end of one's patience |
| 43% | FEDUP | 5 | At the end of one's rope |
| 42% | FEDUP | 5 | At the end of one's rope: 2 wds. |
| 42% | ROPE | 4 | At the end of one's ___ (cannot cope anymore) |
| 42% | GAVEL | 5 | It's banged at end of bidding |
| 42% | SIGMA | 5 | It's at the end of "Oedipus" |
| 42% | SONAR | 5 | Source of waves at sea |
| 42% | PEER | 4 | Source of pressure, at times |
| 41% | BAITFISH | 8 | It's at the end of the line |
| 41% | AEGEAN | 6 | It's at one end of the Dardanelles |
| 41% | HANGS | 5 | Is at the end of one's rope? |
| 41% | LURE | 4 | It's at the end of the line |