| 100% | GOEASY | 6 | "Hey, I'm new at this..." |
| 87% | GOEASYONME | 10 | "Remember, I'm new at this" |
| 54% | PEI | 3 | Architect I.M. who died this year at age 102 |
| 52% | TADA | 4 | "Look at this great thing I did!": Hyph. |
| 51% | SCORE | 5 | Response to "Look at this free thing I got!" |
| 48% | ALLEY | 5 | "This is right up my ___" ("I'm good at this") |
| 47% | CHAPPELL | 8 | I M —, Australia Test cricketer who hit 165 against West Indies at Melbourne in 1968 |
| 47% | IMAMESS | 7 | "Oh, don't look at me in this state" |
| 46% | LOTSTODO | 8 | "Look at all this work I haven't finished yet!" |
| 45% | DRINKSALLAROUND | 15 | "I'm buying!," at a bar ... or a hint to this puzzle's theme |
| 45% | ABOVEPARRESULTS | 15 | Confusing consumer review: "With these new golf balls, I've had..." |
| 44% | ANGLE | 5 | "I've looked at this from every ___" |
| 44% | PSST | 4 | "Hey ... look at me ..." |
| 44% | DRAMATICPAUSE | 13 | ["I'll wait before I drop this huge piece of news on you"] |
| 43% | EARLYRETIREMENT | 15 | New radials at 6 a.m.? |
| 43% | ATHERTON | 8 | M A —, England Test cricketer who hit 151 against New Zealand at Nottingham in 1990 |
| 43% | MOXON | 5 | M D —, England Test cricketer who hit 99 against New Zealand at Auckland in 1988 |
| 43% | ATHERTON | 8 | M A -, England Test cricketer who hit 151 against New Zealand at Nottingham in 1990 |
| 43% | BOTHAM | 6 | I T —, England Test cricketer who hit 138 against New Zealand at Wellington in 1984 |
| 43% | HERE | 4 | "Hey, hold this for me" |
| 43% | ALLSO | 5 | "This is ___ new to me!" |
| 43% | IHADNOIDEA | 10 | "This is news to me" |
| 42% | LOL | 3 | [I'm cracking up as I type this!] |
| 42% | ODEAR | 5 | "___ Ophelia, I am ill at these numbers" (Shak.) |
| 42% | RICHARDSON | 10 | M H —, New Zealand Test cricketer who hit 101 against England at Lord's in 2004 |
| 42% | CROWE | 5 | M D —, New Zealand Test cricketer who hit 299 against Sri Lanka at Wellington in 1991 |
| 42% | OVERHERE | 8 | "Hey! Look at me!" (2 wds.) |
| 42% | LOW | 3 | "This is a new ___ for me" |
| 42% | IKNOW | 5 | "This isn't news to me" |
| 42% | YET | 3 | At this time |