| 61% | DAY | 3 | Word that ends all seven parts of the week |
| 61% | MACARONI | 8 | Word that ends the first verse of “Yankee Doodle” |
| 58% | SEA | 3 | Word that ends some versions of "America the Beautiful" |
| 56% | INABOTTLE | 9 | Words that can follow the ends of the answers to the starred clues |
| 53% | TRAP | 4 | Word that can follow the ends of 18-, 25-, 43- and 58-Across |
| 53% | CHIP | 4 | Word that can follow the ends of 17-, 27-, 43- and 57-Across |
| 53% | BALL | 4 | Word that can follow the ends of 17-, 26-, 43- and 58-Across |
| 53% | HOUSE | 5 | Word that can follow the end of 21-, 33-, 43- or 56-Across |
| 53% | PIPE | 4 | Word that can follow the end of 18-, 27-, 46- or 61-Across |
| 53% | CAKE | 4 | Word that can follow the ends of 17-, 31-, 38-, 50- and 64-Across |
| 53% | MARK | 4 | Word that can follow the end of 17-, 23-, 37-, 48- or 60-Across |
| 52% | DANCE | 5 | Word that can follow the ends of 17-, 21-, 36-, 44-, 54- and 64-Across |
| 52% | CAKE | 4 | Word that can follow the end of 16-, 22-, 31-, 40-, 45- or 56-Across |
| 52% | NOTE | 4 | Word that can follow the ends of 20- and 54-Across and 4- and 26-Down |
| 52% | CRACKER | 7 | Word that can follow the ends of 17- and 62-Across and 11- and 34-Down |
| 52% | UPON | 4 | Second word of "The Raven" |
| 52% | UPON | 4 | Second word of "The Raven." |
| 51% | FIN | 3 | Word that aptly follows the end credits of “A Fish Called Wanda” |
| 51% | VIOLENT | 7 | Word that fills both parts of the Shakespeare quote "These ___ delights have ___ ends" |
| 50% | PICKUP | 6 | Learn ... or a word that can precede the ends of 20-, 29-, 44- and 53-Across |
| 50% | AMEN | 4 | Word that ends the Bible |
| 50% | BASS | 4 | Word that refers to the lowest range of musical notes and ends with "ss" |
| 50% | DIE | 3 | Word that appears in the titles of three Bond films (or four, if you count one ending in “s”) |
| 50% | IDO | 3 | Words that end the single life |
| 50% | FIRE | 4 | Word that can combine with the ends of the answers to the six starred clues |
| 50% | INBED | 5 | Words that can be added to the end of any fortune cookie, it's said |
| 49% | YOU | 3 | "___ gotta be kidding?"... or word that sounds like the second letter of 25a |
| 49% | ALAI | 4 | Second word of a game name that rhymes with the first |
| 49% | CASABLANCA | 10 | 1942 film that ends with the line “Louis, I think this is the beginning of a beautiful friendship” |
| 49% | FREEATLAST | 10 | End of a speech that included the words "1963 is not an end, but a beginning" |