| ZZZ | Interjection that's the last entry in the Official Scrabble Players Dictionary (it requires both bla |
| OLE | Spanish interjection that's the first word in the lyrics of the song Hot Hot Hot |
| OMEGA | Greek letter used to denote the last entry in a series |
| END | Finale (and fittingly, the last entry in this puzzle) |
| ZYZZYVA | Tropical insect whose name is the last word in the Official Scrabble Players Dictionary |
| IFS | Possibilities DIRECTIONS: Make a 2- to 7-letter word from the letters in each row. Add points of each word, using scoring directions at right. Finally, 7-letter words get 50-point bonus. "Blanks" used |
| EBORACUM | Roman name for York, preserved in abbreviated form in the official name of the city's Archbishop (8) |
| OF | Second word in the official name of the F1 circuit that hosts the US Grand Prix (2) |
| COLLINS | Publisher of the official Scrabble wordlist (7) |
| CLOUDBUSTING | Kate Bush song in which Canadian star Donald Sutherland appears in the official music video helping the British singer with a weather contraption atop a hill |
| SCHEFELER | Who has been ranked world No. 1 in the official golf rankings for more than 100 weeks? He also recently won the prestigious Hero World Challenge held in December 2024. (9) |
| SCOTTIE | Who has been ranked world No. 1 in the official golf rankings for more than 100 weeks? He also recently won the prestigious Hero World Challenge held in December 2024. (7) |
| LOOKSUP | Finds in the dictionary it means "improves" (5,2) |
| CHESSBOXER | Participant in a hybrid sport that requires both brains and brawn |
| ANGELIS | Michael who played Chrissie Todd in Boys from the Bla ckstuff released a single (7) |
| TSK | Interjection that's composed only of the consonants in "takes to task," appropriately |
| NOONE | Who has scored more than 850 points in an official Scrabble game |
| INFIDEL | I don't believe in God's last entry into new life (7) |
| GUSSYUP | Dress to the nines (2 wds.) (i mispelled last entry..sorry) |
| SANDTRAP | *Common term that doesn't appear in the Official Rules of Golf |
