| 100% | EXAM | 4 | What you give at the end of an academic year |
| 64% | EXAM | 4 | Test at the end of an academic year, with a name originating from Latin |
| 55% | EXAM | 4 | What students give at the end of a semester |
| 54% | TIME | 4 | What's up at the end of an exam? |
| 50% | MFA | 3 | What comes at the end of an aspiring TV writer's program, maybe: abbr. |
| 48% | WATERSKI | 8 | What to do when you're at the end of your rope? |
| 48% | MAT | 3 | What a team steps on at the end of an "Amazing Race" leg |
| 47% | TIME | 4 | Declaration at the end of an exam |
| 47% | ORSO | 4 | Words at the end of an estimate |
| 47% | ETAL | 4 | Abbr. at the end of an abridged roster |
| 47% | SOLD | 4 | Word said at the end of an auction |
| 47% | IDOS | 4 | Words exchanged at the end of an engagement |
| 47% | MERGE | 5 | Sign at the end of an entrance ramp |
| 47% | EARJERKER | 9 | Carol Burnett, at the end of an episode? |
| 47% | ETC | 3 | Letters at the end of an incomplete list |
| 46% | TADA | 4 | Shout at the end of an impressive feat: Hyph. |
| 46% | ZIPCODE | 7 | US postal cipher at the end of an address |
| 46% | ORSO | 4 | Words at the end of an estimate (2 wds.) |
| 46% | BEEP | 4 | Tone at the end of an answering machine message |
| 46% | TIME | 4 | Proctor's call at the end of an exam |
| 46% | PROMS | 5 | Big dances held at the end of the school year |
| 46% | TIME | 4 | Proctor's call at the end of an exam period |
| 46% | PIN | 3 | One may be found at the end of an alley |
| 46% | MORAL | 5 | Lesson at the end of an Aesop's fable, say |
| 46% | EXAM | 4 | It might be given at the end of a unit |
| 46% | SEWS | 4 | What the Surgical First Assistant usually does at the end of an operation |
| 45% | NOCK | 4 | Notch at the end of an arrow that receives the bowstring |
| 45% | PROM | 4 | Dance at the end of senior year |
| 45% | FLAG | 4 | A checkered one is waved at the end of an auto race |
| 44% | POTOFGOLD | 9 | What leprechauns leave at the end of the rainbow |