| 100% | IMETA | 5 | “— man who wasn’t there” |
| 96% | IMETA | 5 | "___ man who wasn't there" |
| 92% | COEN | 4 | "The Man Who Wasn't There" director, 2001 |
| 92% | IMETA | 5 | "... — man who wasn't there" |
| 91% | META | 4 | "I ___ man who wasn't there" |
| 91% | IMET | 4 | "___a man who wasn't there" |
| 90% | IMET | 4 | "___ a man who wasn't there" |
| 82% | IMETA | 5 | "...upon the stair, ___ man who wasn't there" |
| 76% | ABSENTEE | 8 | Voter who wasn't there |
| 70% | ELI | 3 | Manning who wasn't voted into the Hall of Fame this year |
| 60% | WASNT | 5 | "The Man Who ___ There" |
| 52% | RITA | 4 | Coolidge who wasn't president |
| 51% | REESE | 5 | Peewee who wasn't so small |
| 51% | TYLER | 5 | First president who wasn't elected |
| 51% | BACHELORS | 9 | Men who haven't been married |
| 51% | CADS | 4 | Men whom women can't trust |
| 49% | PREEMIE | 7 | One who wasn't due to arrive, informally |
| 49% | SEUSS | 5 | Children's dr. who wasn't a pediatrician |
| 48% | KARL | 4 | Marx who wasn't one of the Marx Brothers |
| 48% | SOMETHINGELSE | 13 | To anyone who wasn't addressed above: "You're ..." |
| 48% | ALIBI | 5 | "I wasn't there," e.g. |
| 47% | BABY | 4 | Spice Girl who wasn't Scary, Sporty, Ginger, or Posh |
| 47% | HOUNDDOG | 8 | One who wasn't high-class, per a 1956 hit |
| 46% | WASP | 4 | Martin Van Buren was the first president who wasn't one |
| 46% | TONI | 4 | "He Wasn't Man Enough" singer Braxton |
| 45% | MANOFTHEPEOPLE | 14 | Guy who wasn’t born with a silver spoon in his mouth |
| 45% | SNUB | 4 | Someone who wasn't named a Pro Bowler, but should have been |
| 45% | SIMON | 5 | Man who says |
| 45% | BRIDEGROOM | 10 | Man who weds |
| 44% | ANDROID | 7 | Man who's wired? |