| 100% | ZUCCHINI | 8 | This squash comes last in the alphabet |
| 66% | ZIMBABWE | 8 | African country that comes last in the alphabet |
| 49% | AARDVARK | 8 | Animal that comes first in the alphabet |
| 48% | IBM | 3 | 49-Down, with each letter shifted one place later in the alphabet (coincidence?) |
| 48% | ZEE | 3 | Last letter in the alphabet |
| 45% | ANGO | 4 | Letter in the last third of the NATO alphabet |
| 45% | ESS | 3 | Curvy letter in the latter half of the alphabet |
| 45% | ZETA | 4 | Letter that's sixth in the Greek alphabet, not last |
| 45% | ALBANIA | 7 | European country that comes first in the alphabet |
| 44% | DOTCOM | 6 | This tech bubble burst in the late 1990s |
| 44% | OMEGA | 5 | Last letter in the Greek alphabet |
| 44% | ZEE | 3 | Last letter in the Latin alphabet |
| 44% | ZULU | 4 | Last letter in the NATO alphabet |
| 44% | BRING | 5 | __ up the rear; come in last |
| 44% | EIGHT | 5 | Total number of letters of the alphabet used in this puzzle |
| 44% | QUINTUPLE | 9 | Like each letter of the alphabet in this puzzle, at minimum |
| 44% | TWOS | 4 | The animals for Noah's Ark came in these |
| 43% | HALF | 4 | First ___ (only portion of the alphabet used in this puzzle's grid) |
| 43% | CAPS | 4 | Feature of the last word in this CLUE |
| 42% | END | 3 | Finale (and fittingly, the last entry in this puzzle) |
| 42% | OMIT | 4 | Leave off, as the last letter in this clu |
| 42% | END | 3 | Conclusion (and fittingly, the last clue in this puzzle!) |
| 42% | ZED | 3 | Last letter of the alphabet, in London |
| 42% | ZED | 3 | Last letter of the alphabet, in England |
| 42% | ZED | 3 | Last letter of the alphabet, in Canada |
| 42% | TONIGHT | 7 | This evening; referring to later in the day |
| 42% | LIE | 3 | "This is not the last clue in this puzzle," e.g. |
| 42% | QUEEN | 5 | Zewditu was the last of these in Ethiopia, until 1930 |
| 41% | FOUR | 4 | Minimum number of times each letter of the alphabet appears in this puzzle's solution |
| 41% | DUNCE | 5 | Last in the class |