| Track climax | 12 |
| Tape preceder | 13 |
| Race ender | 10 |
| NASCAR indicates it with a white flag | 37 |
| Miler's moment of truth | 27 |
| It's signaled with a white flag | 35 |
| Final round? | 12 |
| End of some races | 17 |
| End of a run | 12 |
| Close of a swimming race | 24 |
| Checkered flag preceder | 23 |
| End of a race | 13 |
| Journey's end | 17 |
| Finish of a relay | 17 |
| Final race segment | 18 |
| Final part of a journey | 23 |
| End of a trip | 13 |
| End of a journey | 16 |
| Climax of a relay race | 22 |
| Anchor's run | 16 |
| End of the truism | 17 |
| Procrastinator's time of action | 35 |
| Eleventh hour | 13 |
| Under-the-wire | 14 |
| Time for cold feet? | 19 |
| Just under the wire | 19 |
| Checkmate, e.g. | 15 |
| Application request | 19 |
| Smith or Jones | 14 |
| Cognomen | 8 |
| Washington or Irving | 20 |
| Sorting criterion | 17 |
| Part alphabetized in a telephone directory | 42 |
| Parents pass it on | 18 |
| Marriage might change it | 24 |
| Leno or Romano | 14 |
| Job application line | 20 |
| It's something Rihanna rarely goes by | 41 |
| It may be given up at the altar | 31 |
| It may be changed at the altar | 30 |
| First survey datum, often | 25 |
| Direction on an application form | 32 |
| Common sorting basis | 20 |
| The cellar, in sports | 21 |
| You'll find a trailer in it | 31 |
| The cellar, sportswise | 22 |
| The cellar | 10 |
| Taps, in the British military | 29 |
| Taps, to a Tommy | 16 |
| British taps signal | 19 |
| 1954 Fellini film | 17 |
| Noted Italian film of 1956 | 26 |
| Fellini work that won the first non-honorary Best Foreign Film Oscar | 68 |
| Fellini film: 1954 | 18 |
| Fellini film of 1956 | 20 |
| Fellini film | 12 |
| It's used if all else fails | 31 |
| Desperate strategy | 18 |
| Vail, of Fiji, Aruba, Monaco and Vail? | 38 |
| Plan born out of desperation | 28 |
| Not plan A or B, or even X or Y | 31 |
| Final vacation stop? | 20 |
| Final chance | 12 |
| Final available option | 22 |
| X, perhaps | 10 |
| Where it may be hardest to see the stage | 40 |
| Place for late movie-goers | 26 |
| It's in the nosebleed section | 33 |
| Wears well | 10 |
| Sticks around | 13 |
| Shoe forms | 10 |
| Has staying power | 17 |
| Doesn't fall apart | 22 |
| Cobblers' forms | 19 |
| Stays to the conclusion | 23 |
| Shoe shapers | 12 |
| Has legs, so to speak | 21 |
| Shoe shapes | 11 |
| Makes it from start to finish | 29 |
| Doesn't run out | 19 |
| Doesn't give out | 20 |
| Doesn't break down | 22 |
| Stays awhile | 12 |
| Shows stamina | 13 |
| Makes it through | 16 |
| Lives on | 8 |
| Holds on | 8 |
| Has legs | 8 |
| Doesn't fade | 16 |
| Cobblers' equipment | 23 |
| What "Nothing" does, to Steve Miller | 46 |
| Survives from start to finish | 29 |
| Stays with it | 13 |
| Shows durability | 16 |
| Shoemakers' needs | 21 |
| Shoemakers' gear | 20 |
| Shoemakers' forms | 21 |
| Shoe molds | 10 |
| Pitches a complete game | 23 |
| Matthew Sweet: "Nothing ___" | 38 |