| Final (and a word that can precede the first word of this puzzle's longest answers) | 87 |
| Final accounting? | 17 |
| Final act for some samurais | 27 |
| Final act on stage? | 19 |
| Final acts? | 11 |
| Final administrators | 20 |
| Final admissions supervisor? | 28 |
| Final aim, to a philosopher | 27 |
| Final amount | 12 |
| Final amt. | 10 |
| Final Analysis star | 22 |
| Final announcements | 19 |
| Final answer in "Slumdog Millionaire" | 47 |
| Final answer querier | 20 |
| Final approval | 14 |
| Final approvals | 15 |
| Final article of the Constitution | 33 |
| Final attempt to hook up among college students ... or a hint to this puzzle's theme | 88 |
| Final authorities | 17 |
| Final authority | 15 |
| Final available option | 22 |
| Final B.C. year | 15 |
| Final battle between good and evil | 34 |
| Final Beethoven symphony | 24 |
| Final beginning? | 16 |
| Final bell? | 11 |
| Final bid | 9 |
| Final bid? | 10 |
| Final big battle, Irish style | 29 |
| Final bio | 9 |
| Final bio? | 10 |
| Final bios | 10 |
| Final bit | 9 |
| Final blow | 10 |
| Final blows, briefly | 20 |
| Final book of the Old Testament | 31 |
| Final bowling frame | 19 |
| Final bowling frames | 20 |
| Final box scores | 16 |
| Final campaign | 14 |
| Final canonical hour | 20 |
| Final car to pull in | 20 |
| Final cause | 11 |
| Final chance | 12 |
| Final chapter | 13 |
| Final chapter, perhaps | 22 |
| Final chapters | 14 |
| Final check | 11 |
| Final checks for Karpov | 23 |
| Final checks? | 13 |
| Final checkup? | 14 |
| Final chess stage | 17 |
| Final cliché of the speech | 29 |
| Final command from the bridge | 29 |
| Final Commandment | 17 |
| Final complement, perhaps | 25 |
| Final conclusion? | 17 |
| Final confrontation | 19 |
| Final copy | 10 |
| Final copy of a Cervantes novel? | 32 |
| Final countdown number | 22 |
| Final course | 12 |
| Final course in Fairbanks? | 26 |
| Final course? | 13 |
| Final courses | 13 |
| Final creation before God rested, according to Genesis | 54 |
| Final crossing? | 15 |
| Final curtain | 13 |
| Final Cut Pro runners | 21 |
| Final dates for holiday planning | 32 |
| Final decision | 14 |
| Final defeat | 12 |
| Final defensive effort | 22 |
| Final degree | 12 |
| Final demands | 13 |
| Final destination, in a way | 27 |
| Final disposal | 14 |
| Final dramatic notes of the "1812 Overture" | 53 |
| Final drink | 11 |
| Final effort | 12 |
| Final ending | 12 |
| Final ending, in England | 24 |
| Final ending? | 13 |
| Final English letters | 21 |
| Final episode of a Monday-Friday miniseries | 43 |
| Final event? | 12 |
| Final exam administrator | 24 |
| Final exam giver? | 17 |
| Final exam handout | 18 |
| Final exam no-no | 16 |
| Final exam, maybe | 17 |
| Final exams, maybe | 18 |
| Final extension? | 16 |
| Final extremity | 15 |
| Final factor | 12 |
| Final farewell | 14 |
| Final farewell of a sort | 24 |
| Final fig. | 10 |
| Final fight | 11 |
| Final figure | 12 |