| 100% | TOMB | 4 | The last thing you need? |
| 58% | CRAZE | 5 | The latest thing |
| 58% | RAGE | 4 | The latest thing |
| 58% | NOW | 3 | The latest thing |
| 58% | HOT | 3 | The latest thing |
| 55% | FIST | 4 | The last parts of 20- and 60-Across and 10- and 36-Down are things you can do with this |
| 55% | ANE | 3 | The last thing a Yale cheerleader wants |
| 55% | ANI | 3 | The last thing a Mississippi cheerleader wants? |
| 55% | FAD | 3 | It's the latest thing |
| 53% | FAVES | 5 | Things you dig the most |
| 53% | UNLEADEDFUELONLY | 16 | Last thing you might expect to see on a UFO? |
| 53% | ICOULDBEMISTAKEN | 16 | Last thing you want to hear from an ICBM expert? |
| 52% | IDO | 3 | "... if it's the last thing ___!": 2 wds. |
| 52% | REES | 4 | Dee, director of The Last Thing He Wanted |
| 51% | HETOLDME | 8 | Garner's 2023 Apple TV series, The Last Thing __ |
| 51% | CEMENTSHOES | 11 | The last pair you'll ever wear? |
| 51% | TOOLSOFTHETRADE | 15 | You need these to do the job |
| 51% | GARNER | 6 | Jennifer, star of series The Last Thing He Told Me |
| 50% | ISLOVE | 6 | All You Need __, sang The Beatles |
| 50% | LOVE | 4 | All you need, to the Beatles |
| 50% | SSN | 3 | You might need just the "last four" of it: Abbr. |
| 49% | ZEST | 4 | You need only scrape the surface to get it |
| 49% | AGES | 4 | Things you can sometimes have checked at the door |
| 49% | THIRST | 6 | The feeling that you need a drink |
| 49% | LOVE | 4 | All you need, according to the Beatles |
| 49% | LOVE | 4 | "All you need," according to the Beatles |
| 49% | GROUCHOMARX | 11 | "Die, my dear? Why, that's the last thing I'll do!" |
| 48% | ISNT | 4 | "This ___ the last you'll hear from me!" |
| 48% | THIS | 4 | The thing I'm showing you |
| 48% | SKILLSET | 8 | The things you're good at |