| 100% | BEHAR | 5 | Joy who returned to "The View" in 2015 |
| 56% | LAURENT | 7 | ___ Duvernay-Tardif, former NFL player who returned to work in the medical field in Canada |
| 55% | JON | 3 | Stewart who returned to "The Daily Show" in 2024 |
| 55% | KLUM | 4 | "Project Runway" host Heidi who returned to the show in 2025 |
| 54% | RENEEZELLWEGER | 14 | Actress who returns to play the title character in "Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy": 2 wds. |
| 51% | ATEMPO | 6 | Returning to the previous speed, in music |
| 50% | WALKEN | 6 | Christopher ___, American actor who played the Bond villain in "A View to a Kill" |
| 49% | INBEEPARK | 9 | South Korean golfer who was #1 in the LPGA from June to October 2015: 2 wds. |
| 49% | TATE | 4 | Catherine who returned to “Doctor Who” in 2023 |
| 49% | MITCHELL | 8 | Joni __, singer who returned to stage in 2023 |
| 48% | BOOMERANG | 9 | Toy that returns to the person who throws it |
| 48% | BACKTOFRONT | 11 | Returned to battlefield in the wrong direction |
| 46% | TANYAROBERTS | 12 | American actress who played Bond girl Stacey Sutton in the 1985 James Bond film "A View to a Kill": 2 wds. |
| 45% | HEIR | 4 | ___ to the throne (prince who's next in line, say) |
| 45% | GOLF | 4 | Sport that returned to the Summer Olympics in 2016 after a 112-year absence |
| 45% | ABLE | 4 | Monkey who became the first to return to Earth successfully in 1959 |
| 45% | HARE | 4 | Animal who lost to the tortoise in a fabled race |
| 45% | TWERK | 5 | Dance move added to the O.E.D. in 2015 |
| 44% | RAT | 3 | One who blabs to the cops, in mafia lingo |
| 44% | PERP | 4 | Whom to catch in the three longest answers |
| 44% | RAMS | 4 | Football team that returned to Los Angeles after the 2015 season |
| 44% | LIUCIXIN | 8 | Author who, in 2015, became the first Asian to win the Hugo Award for Best Novel, for “The Three-Body Problem” |
| 44% | TOONTOWN | 8 | Home to the animations in Who Framed Roger Rabbit |
| 44% | ELSA | 4 | Character who flees to the North Mountain in "Frozen" |
| 44% | CONANOBRIEN | 11 | Longtime late-night host and former "SNL" writer who returned to host in 2001: 2 wds. |
| 44% | BEHAR | 5 | Joy who cohosts "The View" |
| 43% | PROXIMA | 7 | & 3D Red Dwarf discovered in 2015; nearest-known star to the Sun |
| 43% | GABRIEL | 7 | Angel who appeared to the Virgin Mary, in the Bible |
| 43% | BRANSON | 7 | Richard who flew to the edge of space in 2021 |