| 100% | LONGE | 5 | Vowel sound at the end of 39-Across |
| 65% | BELLS | 5 | Sounds at the end of classes |
| 65% | BRR | 3 | Sound at the end of December, appropriately? |
| 62% | BEEP | 4 | Sound at the end of a washing machine's cycle, say |
| 58% | APOCOPE | 7 | Loss of sounds at the end of a word |
| 58% | EIO | 3 | Vowels at the end of "Old MacDonald Had a Farm" |
| 58% | GONG | 4 | Sound heard at the end of "Bohemian Rhapsody" |
| 57% | NATIONALS | 9 | D.C. baseball players … or what the ends of 17-, 21-, 39- and 55-Across sound like |
| 55% | WOOF | 4 | Sound from one at the end of one's leash |
| 55% | SEAL | 4 | Animal heard at the end of 62-Across |
| 55% | SNAKE | 5 | Animal heard at the end of 17-Across |
| 55% | MOOSE | 5 | Animal heard at the end of 46-Across |
| 55% | WOLF | 4 | Animal heard at the end of 30-Across |
| 54% | HORN | 4 | Sound heard at the end of a period during basketball or hockey games |
| 53% | LAST | 4 | At the end of |
| 53% | FOURTIMECHAMP | 13 | [Prediction:] Lance Armstrong, at the end of the 2003 20-Across |
| 53% | BACKBURNER | 10 | Place for a nonurgent issue, and what can be found at the end of 16-, 24-, 37-, or 53- Across? |
| 53% | TOES | 4 | At the end of feet |
| 52% | CLUBS | 5 | Items found at the ends of 17-, 23-, 53- and 64-Across |
| 52% | APPENDAGES | 10 | They're found at the ends of 18-, 26- and 44-Across |
| 52% | AFTERALL | 8 | At the end of the day |
| 52% | LAST | 4 | At the end of the line |
| 52% | EVENTUALLY | 10 | At the end of the day |
| 52% | ALLINALL | 8 | At the end of the day |
| 52% | NIGHTLY | 7 | At the end of every day |
| 52% | RAINBOWROAD | 11 | Colorful racetrack found at the end of each 45-Across game (2 wds.) |
| 52% | LINE | 4 | With 14 Across, payoff at the end of a joke |
| 51% | LAST | 4 | At the end of the queue, say |
| 51% | FEDUP | 5 | At the end of one's patience |
| 51% | BEHIND | 6 | At the end of, not keeping up |