| 100% | BENIN | 5 | ___ Bronzes, priceless artifacts that Germany agreed to return to Nigeria by 2022 |
| 30% | RENO | 4 | "___ 911!" (cop show that returned to Comedy Central in 2022) |
| 28% | IRS | 3 | Agency that wants you to postmark your tax return by 4/15: Abbr. |
| 26% | SAAR | 4 | Area governed by the League of Nations for 15 years and returned to Germany in a 1935 plebiscite |
| 26% | MARSATTACKS | 11 | "___!," 1996 comic sci-fi film directed by Tim Burton, starring Pierce Brosnan which is based on spaceship that left Earth to return to the red planet: 2 wds. |
| 26% | HEATWAVES | 9 | Single by 29-Across that took 59 weeks to hit #1 in 2022: 2 wds. |
| 25% | ACE | 3 | Tennis shot that's hard to return |
| 25% | DOBBS | 5 | ___ v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization (case that overturned the constitutional right to abortion recognized by Roe v. Wade) (June, 2022) |
| 25% | ACE | 3 | Delivery that can't be returned to sender? |
| 24% | STELLAMARIS | 11 | 2022 prequel to "The Passenger" that is the first novel by 34-Across to feature a female protagonist (2 wds.) |
| 24% | CALMDOWN | 8 | 2022 Afrobeats song by Rema with a hit Selena Gomez remix and a title that says to relax: 2 wds. |
| 24% | VERSACE | 7 | Fashion house that Prada agreed to purchase in 2025 |
| 24% | ALSACE | 6 | Territory returned to France by the Treaty of Versailles |
| 24% | PARIS | 5 | "Mrs. 'Arris Goes to ___," 1958 novel by Paul Gallico that was adapted into a 2022 comedy-drama film |
| 24% | LONERS | 6 | Those who prefer to be by themselves |
| 24% | YES | 3 | "I'll agree to that" |
| 24% | DEAL | 4 | "I agree to those terms!" |
| 24% | ECHO | 4 | Sound that returns to you |
| 24% | AMEN | 4 | "___ to that" ("I agree!") |
| 24% | AMEN | 4 | "___ to that!" ("I agree") |
| 24% | AMEN | 4 | "___ to that!" ("I agree!") |
| 24% | AMEN | 4 | "___ to that!" ("Totally agree!") |
| 24% | BENIN | 5 | With 12-Across, precious-metal sculptures recently returned to Nigeria |
| 24% | BOOMERANG | 9 | Object that returns to its thrower |
| 24% | EIDER | 5 | Colour that is returning to bird |
| 24% | SEND | 4 | Email button that's all too easy to hit by mistake |
| 23% | CURFEW | 6 | Teen's time to return home by |
| 23% | APPEASE | 7 | Satisfy by agreeing to one's demands |
| 23% | GAG | 3 | Running ___ (joke that's often returned to) |
| 23% | KEEPIT | 6 | "No need to return that": 2 wds. |