| 100% | JON | 3 | Stewart who returned to "The Daily Show" in 2024 |
| 64% | KLUM | 4 | "Project Runway" host Heidi who returned to the show in 2025 |
| 61% | OLIVIAMUNN | 10 | The Daily Show correspondent who went on to star in an X-Men movie |
| 56% | JON | 3 | Comedian Stewart who hosted the "The Daily Show" from 1999 to 2015 |
| 52% | JON | 3 | Comedian Stewart who hosted "The Daily Show" from 1999 to 2015 |
| 49% | LAURENT | 7 | ___ Duvernay-Tardif, former NFL player who returned to work in the medical field in Canada |
| 48% | JON | 3 | Stewart who is taking a break from "The Daily Show" this summer to direct a movie |
| 48% | STEWART | 7 | Jon ___, "The Daily Show" host who studied psychology in the College of William & Mary |
| 48% | RENEEZELLWEGER | 14 | Actress who returns to play the title character in "Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy": 2 wds. |
| 48% | ROBRIGGLE | 9 | Onetime "The Daily Show" correspondent who costars in the 2018 film "Night School": 2 wds. |
| 47% | BEHAR | 5 | Joy who returned to "The View" in 2015 |
| 46% | JON | 3 | ___ Stewart who hosted "The Daily Show" |
| 45% | SCALIA | 6 | Justice whom "The Daily Show" once referred to as the Human Dissentipede |
| 44% | ATEMPO | 6 | Returning to the previous speed, in music |
| 44% | HASANMINHAJ | 11 | "The Daily Show" correspondent who plays Marshall in "It Ends With Us" (2 wds.) |
| 43% | LEWISBLACK | 10 | Regular ranter on "The Daily Show" who voiced Anger in 47-Across: 2 wds. |
| 43% | NOAH | 4 | Trevor who hosted the "The Daily Show" from 2015 to 2022 |
| 43% | TATE | 4 | Catherine who returned to “Doctor Who” in 2023 |
| 43% | MITCHELL | 8 | Joni __, singer who returned to stage in 2023 |
| 42% | BOOMERANG | 9 | Toy that returns to the person who throws it |
| 42% | BACKTOFRONT | 11 | Returned to battlefield in the wrong direction |
| 42% | TREVORNOAH | 10 | Former host of "The Daily Show" who was born in South Africa in 1984: 2 wds. |
| 42% | DANAE | 5 | Princess who became pregnant with Perseus after Zeus came to her in the form of a shower of gold |
| 41% | ETHELWATERS | 11 | Harlem Renaissance singer and actress who was the first African American to star in her own TV show: 2 wds. |
| 41% | FULLHOUSEOFCARDS | 16 | Show in which the Tanners move to 1600 Pennsylvania Ave.? |
| 40% | FLASHBACK | 9 | Looking to the past in shows or movies |
| 40% | PAYNE | 5 | Stewart who won the U.S. Open twice in the 1990s |
| 40% | NOAH | 4 | Trevor who hosted "The Daily Show" from 2015 to 2022 |
| 40% | HEIR | 4 | ___ to the throne (prince who's next in line, say) |
| 40% | GOT | 3 | How people refer to the show in 29a, briefly |