| 100% | HEADPINS | 8 | Wires with a stopper at the end, used in beading |
| 46% | TIEDOFF | 7 | Attached with a knot at the end |
| 44% | FRAY | 4 | Come apart at the end, like a wire |
| 44% | I/AMBIC | 7 | Stressed at the end, in a way |
| 44% | POPPET | 6 | Valve with a disc at the end of a vertically set stem |
| 44% | ERIE | 4 | Lake at the end of a canal finished in 1825 |
| 43% | TIPOUT | 6 | Distribute cash at the end of a shift, in restaurant lingo |
| 43% | LASERPOINTER | 12 | Lecturer's implement with a light at the end |
| 42% | CRAMPINGUP | 10 | In pain at the end of a race, say |
| 42% | TENDERBUTTONS | 13 | Gertrude Stein book with the line “There is no use at all in a smell, in taste, in teeth, in toast, in anything . . .” |
| 42% | EXAM | 4 | Test at the end of an academic year, with a name originating from Latin |
| 40% | LURE | 4 | Fishing decoy used at the end of a line |
| 40% | ETC | 3 | Word used at the end, to suggest a complete list, for short |
| 39% | PAIN | 4 | What lines with stars at the end indicate in comics |
| 39% | LINE | 4 | With 14 Across, payoff at the end of a joke |
| 38% | NANNY | 5 | Job the character Daniel Hillard ended up with in a 1993 blockbuster |
| 38% | CLOSED | 6 | Came in to pitch at the end of a game |
| 38% | LSD | 3 | Drug that sangria at a party is laced with, in the movie Climax |
| 38% | SURRENDER | 9 | To give in, especially at the end of a battle |
| 37% | LOO | 3 | You might wait in a queue for one at intermission on the West End |
| 37% | MORENDO | 7 | In music, a gradual decrescendo at the end of a cadence |
| 37% | MORAL | 5 | A lesson at the end of a fable |
| 37% | MONTERO | 7 | Round cap with a flap at the back worn by hunters, especially in Spain in the 17th and 18th centuries |
| 37% | ARMREST | 7 | At the end of a sofa, to lean on |
| 37% | OLE | 3 | Cheer at the end of a dance |
| 37% | ETAL | 4 | Abbr. at the end of a list |
| 37% | FOOTNOTE | 8 | Annotation at the end of a page |
| 37% | QED | 3 | Abbr. at the end of a proof |
| 37% | QED | 3 | Letters at the end of a proof |
| 37% | WHOAMI | 6 | Question at the end of a riddle |