| 100% | CAVALIER | 8 | The last __, A. Dumas' unfinished novel, 1869 |
| 51% | MOHICANS | 8 | The Last of the __, a novel and a film |
| 51% | END | 3 | Flip the last page in a novel? |
| 42% | ACT | 3 | The last "A" of A.C.A. |
| 41% | TEN | 3 | The last of a count |
| 41% | THECASTLE | 9 | The last Kafka novel, posthumously published |
| 41% | CABOOSE | 7 | The last car of a train |
| 40% | ANIMAL | 6 | The Last __, 2023 novel by Ramona Ausubel |
| 40% | ANE | 3 | The last thing a Yale cheerleader wants |
| 40% | ANI | 3 | The last thing a Mississippi cheerleader wants? |
| 40% | IRONMASK | 8 | Cover of a Dumas novel? |
| 40% | MICHAELJFOXNEWS | 15 | The latest on a "Family Ties" actor? |
| 39% | MRMOTO | 6 | The last novel featuring him was "Stopover: Tokyo" |
| 39% | EMPEROR | 7 | The Last __, movie about a monarch of China |
| 39% | FINALISTS | 9 | The last competitors in a contest or tournament |
| 39% | IRONMASK | 8 | Facial cover in a Dumas novel |
| 39% | IRONMASK | 8 | Facial apparatus in a Dumas novel |
| 39% | SLOWEST | 7 | Like the last in a dash |
| 39% | NTH | 3 | Like the last in a line |
| 39% | UNCAS | 5 | The last of the Mohicans, in Cooper's novel |
| 39% | THREE | 5 | Number of musketeers in a Dumas novel |
| 39% | IRONMASK | 8 | Identity-concealing attire, in a Dumas novel |
| 38% | SILENT | 6 | Like the last letter in a column? |
| 38% | RAN | 3 | Did the last leg of a triathlon |
| 38% | RAN | 3 | Did the last leg of a pentathlon |
| 38% | RUNS | 4 | Does the last part of a triathlon |
| 38% | IDIAMIN | 7 | The Last King of Scotland, in the 1998 Foden novel |
| 38% | ABOUTGRACE | 10 | 28-Across's debut novel, which tells the story of a man who dreams events that later come true (2 wds.) |
| 38% | SIMPSON | 7 | The last name of a yellow animated family from TV |
| 38% | UNDO | 4 | Erase, as the last change to a document |