| 100% | COVER | 5 | Report on, as a news story |
| 72% | SKETCHY | 7 | Short on details, as a news story |
| 69% | KILL | 4 | Quash, as a news story |
| 69% | SATON | 5 | Suppressed, as a news story |
| 68% | SITON | 5 | Hold back, as a news story |
| 68% | SATON | 5 | Held back, as a news story |
| 68% | SKEWS | 5 | Depicts unfairly, as a news story |
| 68% | RUNAWAYBRIDE | 12 | 1999 movie starring Richard Gere as a news columnist doing a story on Julia Roberts' character: 2 wds. |
| 66% | ITAL | 4 | Slanted, as a news story?: abbr. |
| 66% | SITON | 5 | Suppress, as a news story (2 wds.) |
| 66% | SITON | 5 | Keep hush-hush, as a news story |
| 65% | SCOOP | 5 | A news story reported first |
| 65% | EDIT | 4 | Mark up for correction, as a news story |
| 61% | ADOPT | 5 | Take on, as a new approach |
| 58% | REPORTING | 9 | Working on a news story |
| 58% | BURY | 4 | Try to conceal, as a negative news story |
| 58% | RETELL | 6 | Give a new version of, as a story |
| 55% | REFACE | 6 | Put a new front on, as a building |
| 54% | ARC | 3 | Story line, as on a show like "Game of Thrones" |
| 54% | RETIP | 5 | Put a new point on, as a pool cue |
| 54% | HIRE | 4 | Bring on board, as a new employee |
| 52% | ASSUMESTHEMANTLE | 16 | Takes on a new responsibility, as of leadership |
| 52% | LEDE | 4 | First sentence of a news story |
| 52% | LEDE | 4 | Opening paragraph of a news story |
| 52% | CITYSLICKERS | 12 | Comedy film starring 42-Across as a New Yorker who goes on a cattle drive with his friends (2 wds.) |
| 51% | AREAMAN | 7 | Local, in a news story |
| 51% | SARASHEPARD | 11 | "Pretty Little Liars" writer who had two cameos as a news reporter on the TV adaptation of her series (2 wds.) |
| 50% | PETERRABBIT | 11 | New movie about a bunny, based on stories written in early 1900s England: 2 wds. |
| 50% | REPORTSON | 9 | Does a news story about |
| 49% | EDIT | 4 | Polish, as a news article |