| 100% | BOWSPRIT | 8 | Spar projecting from the upper end of the prow of a sailing vessel |
| 56% | BOWSPRIT | 8 | Spar projecting from the bow of a vessel |
| 45% | NUT | 3 | Ridge at the upper end of the fingerboard of a violin |
| 40% | SHOULDER | 8 | Upper part of the arm where a bag can hang from |
| 40% | HEADBOARD | 9 | Padded panel behind the upper end of a bed |
| 40% | HIGHC | 5 | Note at the upper end of a soprano's range |
| 37% | ARFS | 4 | Sounds from the end of a leash |
| 37% | FIVEOCLOCKSHAD | 14 | *Herringlike fish that shows up at the typical end of a workday? |
| 37% | FINALPHASE | 10 | Part of a project just before the end |
| 37% | ASH | 3 | Stuff flicked from the end of a cigarette |
| 37% | ASH | 3 | What drops from the end of a cigarette |
| 36% | ASH | 3 | It's flicked from the end of a cigarette |
| 36% | FIN | 3 | Part of a shark that sticks up from the water |
| 36% | GUNWALE | 7 | Upper edge of the side of a ship |
| 36% | NEXT | 4 | "Coming up ___..." (said on TV at the end of a show) |
| 36% | TREETRUNK | 9 | Natural fixture from which to hang the end of a hammock |
| 35% | OPRY | 4 | End of the title of a popular radio show |
| 35% | FEEFIFOFUM | 10 | Fairy tale chant from a giant ... or the ends of the answers to the starred clues |
| 35% | SLOOP | 5 | Sailing vessel (like the "John B" in a Beach Boys song) [anagram of LOOPS] |
| 35% | WRAP | 4 | "That's a ___!" (cry from a director at the end of shooting) |
| 35% | WIZARD | 6 | "The ___ of Oz," 1939 film starring Judy Garland, which ends with her character waking up from a dream |
| 35% | KEEL | 4 | The backbone of a water vessel |
| 35% | SOLARWIND | 9 | Charged particles from the upper layer of the Sun |
| 35% | ITSONTHEHOUSE | 13 | Words from a friendly bartender, and a description of the ends of 17-, 25-, 51- and 59-Across |
| 34% | EXAM | 4 | Test at the end of an academic year, with a name originating from Latin |
| 34% | ADE | 3 | Ending in the name of a lemony drink |
| 34% | ENTER | 5 | What's the key to getting from the end of a line to the start? |
| 34% | APPENDIX | 8 | The supplementary material at the end of a book |
| 34% | ADE | 3 | Ending in the name of a lime-flavored drink |
| 34% | DEARJOHN | 8 | Beginning of the end of a relationship? |