| 100% | AANDP | 5 | Grocery chain that closed in 2015 after 156 years in business |
| 40% | GYMS | 4 | Businesses that often see an uptick in membership after the New Year |
| 38% | FAO | 3 | American toy store ___ Schwarz that's back in business after shutting down in 2015 |
| 37% | TOYS | 4 | ___ "R" Us (retail chain that closed in 2018) |
| 36% | GLEE | 4 | TV show that ended in 2015 after over 700 musical performances |
| 35% | GYM | 3 | Business that sees an uptick after New Year's |
| 35% | GYMS | 4 | Businesses that see an uptick after New Year's |
| 31% | BLACK | 5 | ___-eyed peas, legumes found in a Hoppin' John that you can savor after New Year festivities |
| 31% | OLDNAVY | 7 | Chain of clothing stores that was named after a bar in Paris, surprisingly: 2 wds. |
| 30% | KATE | 4 | Singer Bush whose "Running Up That Hill" became a hit again in 2022 after 37 years |
| 30% | ADIDAS | 6 | German sports brand that signed a 13 year deal with James Harden in 2015 |
| 29% | IHOP | 4 | Chain that specializes in breakfasts |
| 29% | RAMADA | 6 | Spanish name for an open porch, often roofed with branches, after which a hotel chain that started in Arizona, was named |
| 29% | STLOUISBLUES | 12 | Central Division team that won the franchise's first-ever Stanley Cup in 2019, after 52 years: 3 wds. |
| 29% | DENVERNUGGETS | 13 | Northwest Division team that won the franchise's first-ever NBA Championship in 2023, after 56 years: 2 wds. |
| 29% | TEXASRANGERS | 12 | AL West team that won the franchise's first-ever World Series in 2023, after 62 years: 2 wds. |
| 29% | BLOOD | 5 | "Bad ___," song by Taylor Swift that won an MTV VMA for Video of the Year in 2015 |
| 29% | AANDP | 5 | Grocery chain from 1859 to 2015 |
| 28% | TITANIC | 7 | Film that was rereleased in 3-D nearly fifteen years after its initial première |
| 28% | TARGET | 6 | Large US retailer that expanded in Canada in 2013 with great fanfare, but closed all Canadian stores in 2015 |
| 28% | RETRO | 5 | Back in style after many years |
| 28% | BCE | 3 | Letters after a year in antiquity |
| 28% | IHOP | 4 | Restaurant chain that specializes in breakfast |
| 28% | GOLDEN | 6 | With 46-Across, California NBA team that faced Cleveland in the championship three years in a row (and won twice, in 2015 and 2017) |
| 27% | TAJ | 3 | Trump ___ Mahal (casino that closed in 2016) |
| 27% | GLEE | 4 | TV musical-comedy that ended in 2015 |
| 27% | CSI | 3 | CBS police procedural that ended in 2015 |
| 27% | CSI | 3 | CBS procedural series that ended in 2015 |
| 27% | RNA | 3 | Long chain that specializes in personal information? |
| 27% | GLEE | 4 | TV musical comedy that ended in 2015 |