| 100% | BOW | 3 | ___ and arrow, target sport equipment with which one aims at 17a |
| 40% | RIFLE | 5 | Firearm aimed at 17a in in the Olympics or recreational target sports |
| 34% | TARGET | 6 | Object one aims at, often with concentric circles |
| 33% | HOCKEYSTICK | 11 | Piece of sporting equipment with a heel and a toe |
| 33% | SHOOTING | 8 | Target sport with 15 types at the Olympics |
| 32% | AIM | 3 | Point a bow and arrow at a target |
| 32% | ARCHERY | 7 | Shooting a bow and arrow at a target |
| 31% | ARCHERY | 7 | Sport of firing arrows at a target |
| 31% | BASKETBALL | 10 | Sport with 10 playing at one time |
| 31% | LUGE | 4 | Winter Olympic sport which is also a small one or two person sled that rhymes with "huge" and was first played in the 1870s |
| 30% | ARCHERY | 7 | Sport with bows and arrows |
| 30% | AXE | 3 | Projectile used in a lumberjack target sport that's aimed at 17a |
| 30% | SALOMON | 7 | French sport and ski equipment brand with S logo |
| 29% | ARCHERY | 7 | Sport with a bow and arrow |
| 29% | ARCHER | 6 | One with a bow and arrow |
| 29% | ARCHERY | 7 | Sport with a bow and arrows |
| 29% | TRAPSHOOTER | 11 | One aiming at skeet |
| 29% | NBA | 3 | Sports org. with 29 teams in the United States and one in Canada |
| 28% | DECKOFCARDS | 11 | Something with which you might do the actions at the ends of 20-, 27- and 45-Across |
| 27% | SKEET | 5 | Sport in which a shotgun is used to shoot at clay targets thrown into the air |
| 27% | BULLSEYE | 8 | Target with concentric circles in many sports... and the theme connecting 16a, 33a, 25d, and 39d |
| 27% | SLING | 5 | David's weapon against Goliath, and something that can target 17a with small projectiles |
| 27% | RING | 4 | ___ toss, fun game that one can enjoy with friends and family at a picnic |
| 27% | TENNISRACKET | 12 | Piece of sports equipment with strings |
| 27% | SEED | 4 | ___ spitting contest, fun game that one can enjoy with friends and family at a picnic |
| 27% | SACK | 4 | Potato ___ race, fun game that one can enjoy with friends and family at a picnic |
| 27% | ECARTE | 6 | In ballet, a position in which one arm and the same leg are extended at the side of the body |
| 26% | FLYROD | 6 | Bit of sports equipment with a reel |
| 26% | BLINDFOLDED | 11 | Like one aiming at a pi?ata |
| 26% | SPOON | 5 | Egg-and-___ race, fun game that one can enjoy with friends and family at a picnic |