| 100% | SITON | 5 | Suppress, as a news story (2 wds.) |
| 75% | SATON | 5 | Suppressed, as a news story |
| 75% | RUNAWAYBRIDE | 12 | 1999 movie starring Richard Gere as a news columnist doing a story on Julia Roberts' character: 2 wds. |
| 72% | TAKEON | 6 | Hire, as a new employee: 2 wds. |
| 72% | ADDIN | 5 | Contribute, as a new ingredient: 2 wds. |
| 69% | ROLLSOUT | 8 | Introduces, as a new product line: 2 wds. |
| 66% | SWEARSIN | 8 | Administers an oath to, as a new officeholder: 2 wds. |
| 66% | ADDUP | 5 | Make sense, as a story: 2 wds. |
| 64% | RINGUP | 6 | Put into the cash register, as a new sale: 2 wds. |
| 63% | USHERIN | 7 | Welcome, as a new year (2 wds.) |
| 63% | SATON | 5 | Didn't release, as a damaging story: 2 wds. |
| 62% | SITON | 5 | Suppress, as news (2 wds.) |
| 62% | KILL | 4 | Quash, as a news story |
| 62% | BYLINED | 7 | Wrote, as a news story |
| 61% | SITON | 5 | Hold back, as a news story |
| 61% | COVER | 5 | Report on, as a news story |
| 61% | SATON | 5 | Held back, as a news story |
| 61% | SKEWS | 5 | Depicts unfairly, as a news story |
| 61% | ITAL | 4 | Slanted, as a news story?: abbr. |
| 61% | SITSON | 6 | Holds back, as a news story |
| 61% | EDIT | 4 | Spruce up, as a news story |
| 60% | SKETCHY | 7 | Short on details, as a news story |
| 60% | SITON | 5 | Keep hush-hush, as a news story |
| 59% | EDIT | 4 | Mark up for correction, as a news story |
| 57% | ATLEAST | 7 | As a minimum: 2 wds. |
| 57% | MOVEIN | 6 | Begin to occupy, as a new home (2 wds.) |
| 57% | BURY | 4 | Suppress, as a negative story |
| 57% | SITON | 5 | Suppress, as a story |
| 57% | DUETO | 5 | As a result of: 2 wds. |
| 57% | SATON | 5 | Suppressed, as a story |