| 100% | ESCAPEE | 7 | David Sweat or Richard Matt in June 2015 |
| 32% | AOL | 3 | Company Verizon bought for $4.4 billion in June 2015 |
| 31% | LAST | 4 | James —, prolific Bremen-born composer and bandleader who died in June 2015 |
| 30% | DOCTOR | 6 | David Tennant, Matt Smith, or Peter Capaldi |
| 30% | GRAD | 4 | Celebrant in May or June |
| 29% | CAMERON | 7 | British Prime Minister in 2015, David __ |
| 29% | MADAMETUSSAUDS | 14 | Museum where a wax figure of Laverne Cox was introduced in June 2015: 2 wds. |
| 28% | INSIDEOUT | 9 | 2015 Pixar film, or what the starred answers have in common |
| 27% | PORE | 4 | A little hole or opening in the skin for sweating |
| 27% | OPERAROLE | 9 | Richard Nixon or Mao Zedong, in a 1987 premiere |
| 27% | TOY | 3 | David Bowie album recorded in 2001 or 2002 and leaked online in 2011 |
| 26% | MARS | 4 | Planet in a 2015 Matt Damon sci-fi film |
| 26% | PRICE | 5 | David ___, baseball pitcher who signed a 7-year contract worth $217 million in 2015 |
| 25% | LUCAS | 5 | Matt —, comedian-actor who co-wrote, co-directed and starred in 2015 BBC TV series Pompidou |
| 25% | LUCAS | 5 | Matt —, comedy actor who co-wrote, co-directed and starred in 2015 BBC TV series Pompidou |
| 24% | CHCHCHCHCHANGES | 15 | Chorus starter in a 1972 David Bowie song ... or the theme of this puzzle, phonetically |
| 24% | LAUER | 5 | Matt in the morning |
| 24% | INBEEPARK | 9 | South Korean golfer who was #1 in the LPGA from June to October 2015: 2 wds. |
| 23% | KING | 4 | Arthur, James, or Richard |
| 23% | DAD | 3 | Parent honored in June |
| 23% | NEW | 3 | Created in June 2019 |
| 23% | DAD | 3 | Parent celebrated in June |
| 23% | DAD | 3 | Guy honored in June |
| 23% | SUMMERING | 9 | Vacationing in june-august |
| 23% | DADS | 4 | Guys honored in June |
| 23% | XXXX | 4 | Award presented in June |
| 23% | MIDSUMMERSEVE | 13 | Seasonal celebration in June |
| 23% | DADS | 4 | Parents celebrated in June |
| 23% | HOLESINONE | 10 | Patrick Wills managed to get three of these at Laurel Hill in Lorton, VA on June 22, 2015 |
| 22% | SHOP | 4 | Word with sweat or chop |