| 100% | ARABLE | 6 | Productive bar is back in beer |
| 48% | REOPENED | 8 | Was back in business |
| 48% | REOPEN | 6 | Be back in business |
| 45% | ASEC | 4 | "I'll be back in ___!" |
| 43% | BOYS | 4 | "The ___ Are Back in Town" (Thin Lizzy hit) |
| 43% | BOYS | 4 | Thin Lizzy’s “The ___ Are Back in Town” |
| 42% | TTYL | 4 | Texter’s “I’ll be back in a while” |
| 42% | RETRO | 5 | Back in fashion again after being outdated |
| 42% | ASEC | 4 | "I'll be back in ___!" ("Be right there!"): 2 wds. |
| 42% | ASEC | 4 | "I'll be back in ___!" ("Wait right here!"): 2 wds. |
| 41% | WHATSPASTELISPAST | 17 | Interior decorator's assertion that bold colors are back in style? |
| 41% | DOSHOTS | 7 | Throw a few back in a bar |
| 40% | INTOA | 5 | Being in difficulty, backed __ corner |
| 40% | ARMY | 4 | "Gee, I Wish I Was Back in the ___" (song from "White Christmas") |
| 40% | ILL | 3 | "___ be back" (famous Arnold Schwarzenegger line in "The Terminator") |
| 40% | FILES | 5 | They might be backed up in the cloud |
| 39% | TEND | 4 | Be in charge of, as a bar |
| 39% | ALES | 4 | Beers that are the A in IPA |
| 38% | PINTGLASS | 9 | What beer is often served in |
| 38% | TWOS | 4 | What Twix bars are sold in |
| 38% | UPC | 3 | Bars to be scanned, in brief |
| 38% | KNIFED | 6 | __ in the back, is to be traitorously betrayed |
| 37% | GRANOLA | 7 | What may be in a breakfast bar |
| 37% | OLEO | 4 | It may be picked up in bars |
| 37% | TABS | 4 | They may be picked up in bars |
| 37% | FOAMS | 5 | They may be scraped off in bars |
| 37% | PINTGLASS | 9 | Pub measure that beer is traditionally served in |
| 37% | SASSAFRAS | 9 | Its root was once used in root beer |
| 37% | METAL | 5 | It may be picked up in a bar |
| 37% | TAB | 3 | One may be kept running in a bar |