| 100% | SMEE | 4 | Pirate in Disney's "Return to Never Land" |
| 61% | SMEE | 4 | ''Return to Never Land'' pirate |
| 50% | SMEE | 4 | "Return to Never Land" role |
| 41% | EAVE | 4 | The boy had so much fun at Disney Land he never wanted to l___ |
| 39% | ATEMPO | 6 | Returning to the previous speed, in music |
| 39% | BACKTOFRONT | 11 | Returned to battlefield in the wrong direction |
| 38% | AIRCRAFTCARRIER | 15 | *Place to land when there's no land in sight |
| 38% | REPRISE | 7 | Return to a theme, as in a symphony |
| 38% | MACAO | 5 | Territory returned to China in 1999 |
| 38% | ECUA | 4 | Land in S.A. |
| 38% | BOL | 3 | Land in S.A. |
| 37% | TIO | 3 | Bruno, to Mirabel, in Disney's "Encanto" |
| 37% | WILL | 4 | "___ & Grace" (sitcom returning to NBC in September) |
| 37% | HONGKONG | 8 | British colony returned to China in 1997 |
| 37% | HONGKONG | 8 | British protectorate returned to China in 1999 |
| 37% | NEMO | 4 | Disney's clownfish who is lost in the ocean and trying to reunite with his father |
| 37% | CIRCLEBACK | 10 | Return to a subject in conversation, and what this puzzle's author did to make the examples stand out |
| 37% | NOMEKING | 8 | Stop-motion villain in 1985's Return to Oz |
| 36% | SON | 3 | Simba, to Mufasa in Disney's "The Lion King" |
| 36% | SWEDEN | 6 | No advertising to kids in this Scandinavian land |
| 36% | BEHAR | 5 | Joy who returned to "The View" in 2015 |
| 36% | HONGKONG | 8 | British-ruled territory returned to China in 1999 |
| 36% | MITCHELL | 8 | Joni __, singer who returned to stage in 2023 |
| 36% | TATE | 4 | Catherine who returned to “Doctor Who” in 2023 |
| 36% | ABANDON | 7 | To leave someone and never return |
| 36% | ETRE | 4 | To be in a faraway land |
| 36% | RAMS | 4 | Football team that returned to Los Angeles in 2016 |
| 36% | JON | 3 | Stewart who returned to "The Daily Show" in 2024 |
| 36% | OWE | 3 | In obligation to repay something in return |
| 36% | DEADASADOORNAIL | 15 | Gone, and never to return |