| 100% | SURRENDER | 9 | To give in, especially at the end of a battle |
| 61% | CLOSED | 6 | Came in to pitch at the end of a game |
| 59% | ARMREST | 7 | At the end of a sofa, to lean on |
| 59% | CRAMPINGUP | 10 | In pain at the end of a race, say |
| 58% | ERIE | 4 | Lake at the end of a canal finished in 1825 |
| 58% | BOSSFIGHT | 9 | Battle at the end of a level, often |
| 57% | TIPOUT | 6 | Distribute cash at the end of a shift, in restaurant lingo |
| 57% | CAPISCE | 7 | Word at the end of a sentence to mean "Do you understand?" |
| 55% | ETCETERA | 8 | Latin phrase often used at the end of a list to mean "and so on" |
| 54% | THEWHITESOFTHEIR | 16 | End of a command at the Battle of Bunker Hill |
| 54% | TUNNEL | 6 | *Light at the end of the ___, a sign of better days to come |
| 54% | EXAM | 4 | What students give at the end of a semester |
| 53% | NARTHEX | 7 | Portico at the west end of a basilica or church, especially one at right angles to the nave |
| 52% | EXAM | 4 | It might be given at the end of a unit |
| 52% | SE\"HOME | 8 | Be a gentleman to at the end of a date, say |
| 51% | MORENDO | 7 | In music, a gradual decrescendo at the end of a cadence |
| 51% | FINISHLINE | 10 | End of a race … or a hint to the conversation closers at 18-, 26- and 42-Across |
| 50% | OLE | 3 | Cheer at the end of a dance |
| 50% | ETAL | 4 | Abbr. at the end of a list |
| 50% | FOOTNOTE | 8 | Annotation at the end of a page |
| 50% | QED | 3 | Abbr. at the end of a proof |
| 50% | QED | 3 | Letters at the end of a proof |
| 50% | WHOAMI | 6 | Question at the end of a riddle |
| 50% | AMEN | 4 | Word at the end of a prayer |
| 50% | EXAM | 4 | Test at the end of a semester |
| 50% | RAREGAS | 7 | Noble at the end of a table? |
| 50% | AMEN | 4 | Exclamation at the end of a prayer |
| 50% | TGIF | 4 | Cry at the end of a workweek |
| 50% | VERDICT | 7 | Decision at the end of a trial |
| 50% | DOT | 3 | Period at the end of a sentence |