| 100% | TAKEON | 6 | Hire, as a new employee: 2 wds. |
| 68% | ADDIN | 5 | Contribute, as a new ingredient: 2 wds. |
| 65% | ROLLSOUT | 8 | Introduces, as a new product line: 2 wds. |
| 62% | SWEARSIN | 8 | Administers an oath to, as a new officeholder: 2 wds. |
| 61% | RINGUP | 6 | Put into the cash register, as a new sale: 2 wds. |
| 60% | USHERIN | 7 | Welcome, as a new year (2 wds.) |
| 59% | SITON | 5 | Suppress, as a news story (2 wds.) |
| 58% | RUNAWAYBRIDE | 12 | 1999 movie starring Richard Gere as a news columnist doing a story on Julia Roberts' character: 2 wds. |
| 58% | HIRE | 4 | Recruit, as a new employee |
| 57% | HIRES | 5 | Brings aboard, as a new employee |
| 57% | KATHRYNSMITH | 12 | First woman hired as a full-time NFL coach (2 wds.) |
| 57% | HIRE | 4 | Bring on board, as a new employee |
| 57% | STANDSOVER | 10 | Monitors very closely, as a new employee |
| 54% | ATLEAST | 7 | As a minimum: 2 wds. |
| 54% | MOVEIN | 6 | Begin to occupy, as a new home (2 wds.) |
| 53% | DUETO | 5 | As a result of: 2 wds. |
| 53% | BATMANBEGINS | 12 | 2005 film with Morgan Freeman as a Wayne Enterprises employee: 2 wds. |
| 52% | ASMAD | 5 | "__ as a hatter": 2 wds. |
| 52% | MOVEDON | 7 | Got a new job, maybe: 2 wds. |
| 52% | ADDSON | 6 | Builds a new room, say: 2 wds. |
| 52% | SOA | 3 | "And ___ a new chapter begins ...": 2 wds. |
| 52% | MADEOVER | 8 | Gave a new decor to: 2 wds. |
| 52% | SATON | 5 | Occupied, as a bar stool: 2 wds. |
| 52% | ONICE | 5 | Chilling, as a wine bottle: 2 wds. |
| 52% | INUSE | 5 | Occupied, as a conference room: 2 wds. |
| 52% | DUGUP | 5 | Unearthed, as a buried treasure: 2 wds. |
| 52% | ONAIR | 5 | Live, as a radio broadcast: 2 wds. |
| 52% | RANUP | 5 | Amassed, as a bar tab: 2 wds. |
| 52% | ONTOUR | 6 | Traveling, as a rock band: 2 wds. |
| 52% | ARUG | 4 | Snug as a bug in ___: 2 wds. |