| POCUS | End to a |
| TRESTLE | What is a frame used as a support, made from a horizontal beam, fixed at each end to a pair of spreading legs (7) |
| SUPERNOVA | Drink, a long time - about a month - it puts an end to a starry career |
| CULDESAC | A dead-end to a road, a blind-alley (3,2,3) |
| BADBREAKUP | Messy end to a relationship, with a hint to this puzzle's shaded squares |
| TAP | A fitting end to a pipe (3) |
| ANIMATEDCARTOON | A romantic end to a fantastic film |
| ANIL | A scoreless end to a blue |
| CALLEDITQUITS | Brought an end to a venture to prevent further losses (6,2,5) |
| SCOTCH | To put an end to a spirit (6) |
| IRONY | The incongruity of a very strong end to a story (5) |
| MARRIAGELICENCE | Permit to put an end to a singular state of affairs |
| SCAR | There's no end to a muffler to show where cut was made (4) |
| SOMEWHAT | Show me to be wrong at the end, to a degree (8) |
| REDEVELOPMENT | Is about to advance with workers, at the end, to a new building site (13) |
| GRUESOME | Greece has to turn, at the end, to a number of ghastly characters (8) |
| EAGRE | There's no end to a Greek who becomes a bore (5) |
| ABATED | Put an end to a model going into a plot (6) |
| PHOTOFINISH | Incredibly close end to a race -- or a feature of the three theme entries (2 wds.) |
| DWELT | Lived for a good end to a raised seam (5) |
