| 100% | LATEDATE | 8 | Time near the end of a time range |
| 67% | ONE | 3 | Count near the end of a countdown |
| 67% | REENTRY | 7 | Event near the end of a mission |
| 66% | SECONDWIND | 10 | Something caught near the end of a race? |
| 66% | WAXER | 5 | Machine near the end of a car wash |
| 66% | UNO | 3 | Call near the end of a card game |
| 66% | CADENZA | 7 | Solo piece near the end of a concerto |
| 66% | IDO | 3 | Words near the end of a wedding ceremony |
| 65% | SHORTTIMER | 10 | Soldier near the end of a tour of duty |
| 65% | IDO | 3 | Phrase near the end of a wedding ceremony: 2 wds. |
| 65% | IDO | 3 | Pledge heard near the end of a wedding: 2 wds. |
| 65% | IDO | 3 | Reply near the end of a marriage ceremony: 2 wds. |
| 64% | ASKEW | 5 | Like a necktie near the end of a long workday, maybe |
| 64% | CADENZA | 7 | Virtuoso solo passage near the end of a piece of music |
| 64% | NEMO | 4 | Fish who was found near the end of a 2003 movie |
| 64% | FOOTHILLS | 9 | Rises near the bottom of a range |
| 63% | EXAM | 4 | Final ___ (what a teacher might give near the end of a semester) |
| 62% | DELTA | 5 | Land formed by deposition of soil near the end of a river's course |
| 62% | TWOMINUTEWARNING | 16 | Automatic time-out near the end of each NFL half |
| 62% | ERA | 3 | A historically significant period of time, the end of an ___. |
| 62% | THANKSGIVINGTURQUOISE | 21 | Birds served near the end of November, to a jeweler? |
| 61% | TUBA | 4 | It has a solo near the end of "An American in Paris" |
| 60% | AFT | 3 | Near the rear end of a ship |
| 59% | HIGHC | 5 | Note at the upper end of a soprano's range |
| 59% | BREECH | 6 | Back end of a gun barrel, end nearest the stock |
| 55% | DIVORCE | 7 | The end of a marriage |
| 55% | BREAKUP | 7 | The end of a relationship |
| 54% | AFT | 3 | Near the stern of a ship |
| 54% | FINGERTIP | 9 | The end of a hand digit |
| 54% | NOSIDE | 6 | The end of a rugby match |