| 100% | MIC | 3 | What a successful rapper might drop at the end of a performance |
| 64% | MIC | 3 | It may be dropped at the end of a triumphant performance |
| 57% | DIVA | 4 | One who might receive roses at the end of a performance |
| 57% | MIC | 3 | ___ drop (move at the end of a killer performance) |
| 55% | SLAYINGSLOW | 11 | What Buffy might be doing at the end of a long, hard night? |
| 54% | POT | 3 | ___ of gold (what you might find at the end of a rainbow) |
| 52% | TAPE | 4 | What a marathon winner breaks through at the end of a race |
| 51% | ENCORE | 6 | Repeated show at the end of a performance |
| 51% | TIMES | 5 | Square where the words in this puzzle's dropping balls may be heard at the end of a song's first verse |
| 51% | TEST | 4 | It might come at the end of a unit |
| 51% | ADE | 3 | It may be at the end of a block |
| 50% | POTOFGOLD | 9 | What is said to be found at the end of a rainbow |
| 50% | ASH | 3 | What drops from the end of a cigarette |
| 50% | BARRYLEAVES | 11 | What happens at the end of a Manilow concert? |
| 50% | EXAM | 4 | What students give at the end of a semester |
| 50% | TAKEABOW | 8 | What performers do at the end of a play |
| 50% | EXECUTION | 9 | What happens at the end of a death sentence |
| 50% | HELPLINE | 8 | A counselor may be at the end of one |
| 49% | CLASS | 5 | "___ dismissed," phrase you might hear at the end of a school day |
| 49% | PTS | 3 | What is tallied at the end of a competition: Abbr. |
| 49% | MICDROP | 7 | Stunt at the end of a powerful performance |
| 49% | ENCORE | 6 | Shout at the end of a virtuoso performance |
| 49% | HEATEXHAUSTION | 14 | What Miami players experience at the end of a triple overtime game? |
| 48% | EXAM | 4 | It might be given at the end of a unit |
| 48% | OVATION | 7 | It may be standing at the end of a concert |
| 48% | IWIN | 4 | What the victor might say at the end of the game: 2 wds. |
| 47% | DEAD | 4 | Adjective that might be used hyperbolically at the end of a long day |
| 45% | LAW | 3 | What the bill becomes at the end of “I’m Just a Bill,” in “Schoolhouse Rock” |
| 45% | SWELL | 5 | What the music might do at the emotional climax of a movie |
| 45% | GETCRACKING | 11 | Make a start, and what you might do to the ends of the starred answers |