| 100% | META | 4 | "I ___ man who wasn't there" |
| 91% | IMETA | 5 | “— man who wasn’t there” |
| 87% | IMET | 4 | "___a man who wasn't there" |
| 87% | IMETA | 5 | "___ man who wasn't there" |
| 86% | COEN | 4 | "The Man Who Wasn't There" director, 2001 |
| 86% | IMET | 4 | "___ a man who wasn't there" |
| 84% | IMETA | 5 | "... — man who wasn't there" |
| 77% | IMETA | 5 | "...upon the stair, ___ man who wasn't there" |
| 68% | ABSENTEE | 8 | Voter who wasn't there |
| 66% | ELI | 3 | Manning who wasn't voted into the Hall of Fame this year |
| 57% | ELSE | 4 | "Isn't there anyone ___ who you can ask?" (not me) |
| 57% | WASNT | 5 | "The Man Who ___ There" |
| 53% | ALIBI | 5 | "I wasn't there," e.g. |
| 52% | GUMP | 4 | Movie character who said, "Sometimes, I guess there just aren't enough rocks" |
| 52% | CIA | 3 | Spy org. in "The Man Who Cried I Am" |
| 52% | ELLENDEGENERES | 14 | Who said "I like my men like I like my coffee. I don't drink coffee" |
| 51% | AMES | 4 | Harry of the novel "The Man Who Cried I Am" |
| 49% | RITA | 4 | Coolidge who wasn't president |
| 49% | CHICO | 5 | With 35-Across, actor who said "You can't fool me, there ain't no Sanity Clause" |
| 48% | REESE | 5 | Peewee who wasn't so small |
| 48% | TYLER | 5 | First president who wasn't elected |
| 48% | BACHELORS | 9 | Men who haven't been married |
| 48% | CADS | 4 | Men whom women can't trust |
| 48% | SHANIA | 6 | Twain, who sings Man! I Feel Like a Woman! |
| 47% | NOBODY | 6 | I'm __. Who are you? Then there's a pair of us |
| 47% | CHERAMI | 7 | The World War I carrier pigeon who saved 200 men |
| 47% | PREEMIE | 7 | One who wasn't due to arrive, informally |
| 47% | SEUSS | 5 | Children's dr. who wasn't a pediatrician |
| 46% | NOTI | 4 | "It wasn't me!" |
| 46% | NOTI | 4 | ''It wasn't me!'' |