| OEDIPUSREX | Play that ends with the hero blinding himself |
| RUR | 1921 play that ends with the extinction of the human race |
| TROILUSANDCRESSIDA | Shakespeare play that ends with the death of Hector (7,3,8) |
| ROE | In with the hero, eating eggs (3) |
| TRAGEDY | Serious play that ends sadly (7) |
| ONESON | "___ the Way," Loretta Lynn song that ends with the line "I hope it ain't twins again" |
| CASABLANCA | 1942 film that ends with the line "Louis, I think this is the beginning of a beautiful friendship" |
| AENEID | Poem that ends with the death of Turnus |
| TNT | AC/DC song that ends with the line "Watch me explode" |
| ILIAD | Poem that ends with the burial of Hector |
| TIE | Game that ends with the same score |
| LUCKBEALADY | "Guys and Dolls" number that ends with the rolling of dice |
| LENT | Christian season that ends with the Easter Triduum |
| OCHRISTMASTREE | Carol that ends with the line, "Your boughs can teach a lesson," 3 words |
| KARMAPOLICE | 1997 Radiohead hit that ends with the repeated line "For a minute there / I lost myself" |
| TAR | 2022 movie that ends with the title character conducting a Monster Hunter concert |
| RHYMES | Words that end with the same sounds like moan and groan |
| FORAFEWDOLLARSMORE | Second in the trilogy of Westerns which ends with 'The Good, the Bad and the Ugly' (3,1,3,7,4) |
| NORTHAMPTON | Football club that begins and ends with the same letter (11,4) |
| ATHLETIC | Football club that begins and ends with the same letter (8,8) |