| 100% | IMETA | 5 | "___ man with seven wives ... " (3 wds.) |
| 73% | IMETA | 5 | "___ man with seven wives" |
| 73% | IMETA | 5 | "... ___ man with seven wives" |
| 73% | IMETA | 5 | "_____ man with seven wives" |
| 73% | IMETA | 5 | "__ man with seven wives ... " |
| 73% | IMETA | 5 | "___ man with seven wives ..." |
| 71% | IMET | 4 | "... _____a man with seven wives" |
| 71% | IMET | 4 | "___ a man with seven wives" |
| 64% | MET | 3 | "As I was going to St. Ives, I ___ a man with seven wives ..." |
| 64% | IVES | 4 | "As I was going to St ___, I met a man with seven wives" |
| 55% | IMETA | 5 | "_____ man with seven..." |
| 53% | IMET | 4 | "_____ a man with seven ..." |
| 53% | IMET | 4 | "____ a man with seven..." |
| 52% | AMAN | 4 | "...I met ____ with seven wives" |
| 50% | HAREY | 5 | Initialed coauthor, with his wife Margret, of "Curious George": 3 wds. |
| 47% | THEGIANTPEACH | 13 | "James and ___," children's novel written by Roald Dahl in 1961, about a young boy's adventure with seven magically-altered garden bugs: 3 wds. |
| 45% | SAMUELLJACKSON | 14 | "The Avengers" actor who plays a man with extremely fragile bones in "Unbreakable" and 62-Across (3 wds.) |
| 45% | ALAMODE | 7 | With ice cream: 3 wds. |
| 44% | SHANE | 5 | With 32-Across, director of "Iron Man 3" |
| 43% | BARRYMANILOW | 12 | "Piano man" with the hit song "Mandy": 2 wds. |
| 43% | YESSIR | 6 | Emphatic agreement with a man: 2 wds. |
| 43% | NONAME | 6 | "The Man with ___," Eastwood's character in the "Dollars Trilogy": 2 wds. |
| 43% | BILLYJOEL | 9 | "Piano man" with the hit song "Piano Man": 2 wds. |
| 42% | NICKFOLES | 9 | Eagles QB (now with the Rams) who threw seven touchdown passes on 11/3/13: 2 wds. |
| 42% | SITONIT | 7 | Delay dealing with something: 3 wds. |
| 42% | ICECREAMSUNDAE | 14 | Treat with hot fudge: 3 wds. |
| 42% | STATUEOFLIBERTY | 15 | Landmark with a torch: 3 wds. |
| 42% | NILEDELTA | 9 | Region of Lower Egypt with seven branches of a major river (2 wds.) |
| 42% | STEVIEWONDER | 12 | "Piano man" with the hit song "My Cherie Amour": 2 wds. |
| 41% | EXTENDEDFAMILY | 14 | NBC sitcom starring Jon Cryer as Jim, a man raising kids with his ex-wife Julia: 2 wds. |