| "And finally ..." | 27 |
| Words often said before a final honoree is announced | 52 |
| Not necessarily ranked by importance | 36 |
| Introductions cliché | 23 |
| Emcee's phrase | 18 |
| Emcee's cliché | 21 |
| Emcee's "Finally . . ." | 37 |
| Almost final words | 18 |
| "Like the loser of a who's-thinnest competition" | 62 |
| Bar lament | 10 |
| Closing announcements | 21 |
| Caboose, really | 15 |
| 2001 Redford/Gandolfini film, with "The" | 50 |
| You'll be busted if you use it | 34 |
| Donna Summer hit | 16 |
| Prom moment before heading home | 31 |
| Oscar-winning 1978 song for Donna Summer | 40 |
| It may occur before going home from the prom | 44 |
| Ball finale | 11 |
| "Darling, save the ___" | 33 |
| Sweet hit by Floyd Cramer | 25 |
| Big event in June | 17 |
| "The ___ of Pompeii" | 30 |
| Final push for a 1.0 grade average? | 35 |
| Dessert maker's work? | 25 |
| When-all-else-fails act | 23 |
| Quitting precursor, perhaps | 27 |
| Final, desperate attempt | 24 |
| Desperate try | 13 |
| Act of desperation | 18 |
| Acts of desperation | 19 |
| Tiniest bit at the bottom of a coffee cup | 41 |
| Shoe worker | 11 |
| Yarn with a rubber core | 23 |
| Sign at the end of a freeway, maybe | 35 |
| End of the road, possibly | 25 |
| End of the road, perhaps | 24 |
| Hillary Clinton? | 16 |
| Laura Bush? | 11 |
| Pandora.com competitor | 22 |
| Endure for all eternity | 23 |
| The cellar dweller in every single tournament? | 46 |
| Only remaining heater? | 22 |
| End of a poker game | 19 |
| Final campaign | 14 |
| Final flings | 12 |
| "That's the ___ heard" | 36 |
| "The ___ heard..." | 28 |
| Hurt: Sp. | 9 |
| Inventory term | 14 |
| Durable | 7 |
| Kind of impression | 18 |
| What legends have | 17 |
| Exemplar through the ages | 25 |
| Treaty's aim | 16 |
| B and O, for presidents #43 and #44? | 36 |
| One bringing up the rear | 24 |
| Unlikely to accede to the throne | 32 |
| Most recent box office arrival, probably | 40 |
| Bringing up the rear, say | 25 |
| Victor's chuckle | 20 |
| Ultimate satisfaction, in a way | 31 |
| Final triumph after apparent failure | 36 |
| Comeback victor's vindication | 33 |
| Victors' chuckles, perhaps | 30 |
| Subject of Holmes poem | 22 |
| With "The," inspirational bestseller that made About.com's "Top 10 Books of 2008" | 105 |
| What someone who is about to die stands on, metaphorically | 58 |
| Near-exhaustion metaphor | 24 |
| Z, alphabetically | 17 |
| Explanatory information about this puzzle is revealed by reading these in the clues | 83 |
| In conclusion | 13 |
| "In conclusion ..." | 29 |
| "As my final point ..." | 33 |
| Summing-up word | 15 |
| Peroration word | 15 |
| At the end | 10 |
| ''As my final point ...'' | 41 |
| One left standing | 17 |
| Movie about France's dwindling fruit supply? | 48 |
| Bruce Willis movie of 1996 | 26 |
| In mid-spring of 2005 | 21 |
| Toughest part of a marathon, maybe | 34 |
| Hardest part of a long run | 26 |
| Condemned-man's route | 25 |
| 1959 death row movie, with "The" | 42 |
| Cognomens | 9 |
| Adrian VI (1964)/Francis (today) | 32 |
| "The ___ the Mohicans" | 32 |
| "The --- the Mohicans" | 32 |
| "___ the Mohicans" | 28 |
| Words preceding "Take it or leave it" | 47 |
| Uncas | 5 |
| Simon subject | 13 |
| "___ in is a rotten egg" | 34 |
| Warning to an overindulgent bar customer | 40 |
| Warning before running out | 26 |
| Hawker's tempting words | 27 |
| Extremely short supply | 22 |
| "This is it ..." | 26 |