| 100% | COMEBACK | 8 | An entertainer's return to public performance |
| 42% | ATEMPO | 6 | Returning to an old beat |
| 41% | ACT | 3 | "Tough ___ to follow!" ("That's an impressive performance!") |
| 40% | LAND | 4 | Return to the ground, like an airplane |
| 40% | RESTORE | 7 | Return to original condition, as an antique |
| 38% | PICADOR | 7 | Entertainer heard to choose an entrance |
| 38% | PICADOR | 7 | Entertainer to choose an entrance, say |
| 38% | TUBA | 4 | Returned an objection to an instrument |
| 38% | RECANT | 6 | To repudiate an error in public |
| 38% | CITYBUS | 7 | Public alternative to an Uber, perhaps |
| 37% | RESTORE | 7 | Return an item to its original state |
| 37% | REHEARSE | 8 | To run through a performance without an audience |
| 37% | WNET | 4 | Public broadcasting station that anagrams to an animal |
| 36% | CONCERT | 7 | Live musical performance to an audience |
| 36% | SEDAN | 5 | Alternative to an S.U.V. |
| 36% | INT | 3 | Posting to an S&L account |
| 36% | REWILDING | 9 | Returning an area to its natural state, in conservation |
| 36% | REELECT | 7 | Return to one's seat? |
| 36% | HEADHOME | 8 | Return to one's residence |
| 36% | HEADHOME | 8 | Return to one’s residence |
| 35% | HEADSHOME | 9 | Returns to one’s residence |
| 35% | LOAN | 4 | To give, with an expectation of being returned with interest |
| 34% | NPR | 3 | Radio-station subject to an S.N.L. parody |
| 34% | ARTEMISI | 8 | NASA's return to lunar exploration (2022) |
| 34% | PAYBACK | 7 | An investment's return |
| 34% | PLURALS | 7 | What you get when you add an s to nouns |
| 33% | REHEARSE | 8 | To prepare for a public performance |
| 33% | REPEAT | 6 | An echo's performance |
| 33% | NOMEKING | 8 | Stop-motion villain in 1985's Return to Oz |
| 33% | MIME | 4 | I'm returning myself to silent performance |