| BEAROFF | Final stage of a backgammon game |
| TABLE | Slab for/with an inscription; one of the two halves of a backgammon board; or, a company of people seated for supper or a game (5) |
| ACEY | ___ deucy, backgammon game |
| INATIE | How backgammon games can't end |
| ENDGAME | The final stage of a round or match of chess, when only a few pieces remain on the board; or, one's manner of playing this (7) |
| ENDGAMES | Final stages of a game of chess |
| HEADSUP | Final stage of a tournament* |
| MOPUP | Complete final stage (of a task) (3,2) |
| ENDPOINT | Final stage of a process (3,5) |
| SPINNER | Final stage of a mayfly life (7) |
| HOMESTRAIGHT | Final stage of a racecourse |
| REENTRY | Final stage of a space journey |
| PSALM | Hand holding in the final stages of a song (5) |
| FLECHE | Meaning "arrow", a spirelet of a French Gothic cathedral; one of the 24 points on a backgammon board; or, a running attack in fencing (6) |
| PARIS | Known as La Ville Lumiere (City of Light), one of the world's big four fashion capitals, where the final stage of the annual Tour de France takes place (5) |
| BETATEST | A trial of machinery, software or other products in the final stage of development (4,4) |
| DEALORNODEAL | UK game show based on the final stage of the Netherlands show Miljoenenjacht |
| COPTIC | Final stage of the hieroglyphic language of ancient Egypt, written in the Greek alphabet (6) |
| CHAMPSELYSEES | Avenue in Paris, traditional site of the final stage of the Tour de France (6,7) |
| IMAGO | I am a go in the final stage of an insect! (5) |
