| Final NIN song? | 15 |
| Final (and a word that can precede the first word of this puzzle's longest answers) | 87 |
| Farthest from first | 19 |
| Far from the front | 18 |
| End one | 7 |
| Continue in vigor | 17 |
| Conclusive | 10 |
| Cobbling word | 13 |
| Cobbler's device | 20 |
| Cobbler's aid | 17 |
| Cinderella "The ___ Mile" | 35 |
| Certain straw | 13 |
| Certain Mohican | 15 |
| Cellar dweller's place in the standings | 43 |
| Browning's "My ___ Duchess" | 41 |
| Bottom-feeder's place in the standings | 42 |
| Booby prize winner's place | 30 |
| Be enough | 9 |
| Be diuturnal | 12 |
| At the tail end | 15 |
| At long ___ | 11 |
| After all others | 16 |
| Aerosmith "___ Child" | 31 |
| Adjective for March 31 | 22 |
| 100th of 100 | 12 |
| "The ___ Temptation of Christ" | 40 |
| "The ___ Hurrah": O'Connor | 40 |
| "Save the ___ dance for me" | 37 |
| "Safety ___," Harold Lloyd film | 41 |
| "Nice guys finish ___" | 32 |
| "Nice Guys Finish ___," Durocher book | 47 |
| "My ___ Duchess": Browning | 36 |
| "Mary Jane's ___ Dance" (1994 Tom Petty hit) | 58 |
| "Jelly's --- Jam" | 31 |
| "...the --- shall be first" (Mat. 20:16) | 50 |
| "... the ___ shall be first" (Matthew) | 48 |
| "___ Exit to Brooklyn" | 32 |
| "___ call!"(bartender's yell) | 43 |
| "___ but not least ..." | 33 |
| "__ but not least ..." | 32 |
| " ... and the ___ shall be first": Matthew | 52 |
| "Â… and the ___ shall be first" (Matthew 19:30) | 60 |
| ''The ___ Days of Disco'' (1998) | 48 |
| ___, but not least ... | 22 |
| _____ hurrah | 12 |
| Bartender's announcement | 28 |
| Closing words? | 14 |
| Waiting-room warning | 20 |
| One-for-the-road time | 21 |
| Gate announcement | 17 |
| Departure-time words | 20 |
| Bartender's pronouncement | 29 |
| Barkeeper's yell | 20 |
| Barkeep's announcement | 26 |
| Bar announcement | 16 |
| Final opportunity for one? | 26 |
| Phrase in the names of 19th-century saloons bordering dry areas | 63 |
| Famous saloon | 13 |
| "You're gonna miss it!" | 37 |
| Support for a ninth-inning rally? | 33 |
| Urgent sale words | 17 |
| Time for the best deals, maybe, in a going-out-of-business sale | 63 |
| Good time to get your yearbook signed | 37 |
| Desperate, as an effort | 23 |
| Like some efforts | 17 |
| Done with desperation | 21 |
| Done in desperation | 19 |
| Puzo novel, with "The" | 32 |
| 1996 Mario Puzo novel, with "The" | 43 |
| Mario Puzo novel, with "The" | 38 |
| Carried on | 10 |
| Went on | 7 |
| Survived | 8 |
| Stood the gaff | 14 |
| Stood the test of time | 22 |
| What the Stones did | 19 |
| What geriatric rockers did | 26 |
| Went the route | 14 |
| Went the distance | 17 |
| Went on for a long time | 23 |
| Was durable | 11 |
| Remained functional | 19 |
| Had staying power | 17 |
| Didn't fizzle | 17 |
| Sign of desperation | 19 |
| Desperate final effort | 22 |
| Extremely desperate | 19 |
| Desperation, of a sort | 22 |
| Desperation tactic | 18 |
| Closing moment | 14 |
| At the ___ (prior to the end) | 29 |
| At the ___ (just before the end) | 32 |
| Part of LIFO | 12 |
| Part of LIFO, in accounting | 27 |
| Dental success? | 15 |
| NASCAR's white-flag time | 28 |
| Race climax | 11 |
| White flag's meaning in NASCAR | 34 |
| What a bell signifies in a race | 31 |
| What a bell signifies at a track meet | 37 |