| 100% | FRISBEE | 7 | Keep your wrist firm and throw your attempt to guess this flying saucer used while playing with a dog |
| 45% | HAMMER | 6 | Swing your thoughts overhead and throw your attempt to guess this nail-securing tool used in a throwing sport event |
| 40% | DISC | 4 | Aim and throw your attempt to guess this flat and thin circular object which is used in throwing sports |
| 35% | JAVELIN | 7 | Pull back, aim high, and launch your attempt to guess this long spear used in Olympic field events |
| 34% | BALL | 4 | Swing your arm to throw your attempt at guessing this round object used in sports like cricket and tennis |
| 34% | CLUB | 4 | Aim, whirl, and toss your attempt to guess this golfer's tool which is thrown in an athletic throwing event |
| 27% | TEASET | 6 | Pot cups and saucers, for a child to play with |
| 26% | FETCH | 5 | Throwing game played with a dog |
| 26% | CATS | 4 | "Raining ___ and dogs," idiom with a natural phenomenon that is used to describe torrential weather |
| 26% | FETCH | 5 | Simple game to play with a dog |
| 25% | BADMINTON | 9 | Sport played with a shuttlecock where players hit it back and forth in an attempt to make the other side miss |
| 25% | FETCH | 5 | Game played with a dog and a stick |
| 25% | FRISBEE | 7 | Disc-shaped toy often used while playing catch with dogs |
| 23% | PARAGLIDING | 11 | Adventure sport that requires a pilot to be suspended to a fabric wing with harness, and fly using air pressure |
| 23% | WINDSURF | 8 | Use a board with a sail to do this |
| 23% | SUNBURN | 7 | Use a hat, SPF 30, to prevent this while gardening |
| 23% | PAW | 3 | What a dog uses to shake your hand |
| 23% | WRITE | 5 | Mesopotamians used clay and a wedge to do this |
| 23% | SHUFFLE | 7 | With 42-Across, prepare to play cards (and a hint to this puzzle's circled letters) |
| 22% | OEDIPUSREX | 10 | Play with a dog? |
| 22% | ARTCENTER | 9 | Place with a gallery, and a hint to this puzzle's theme |
| 22% | TONGS | 5 | Use these to pinch and flip meat on a grill |
| 22% | BALL | 4 | Spherical object to throw and play 24a with |
| 22% | GRASPING | 8 | With 44-Down, making futile attempts ... and an extra hint to this puzzle's theme |
| 22% | SPINTHEDREIDEL | 14 | Play a game during Hanukkah ... with a hint to 15-, 21-, 42- and 47-Across |
| 22% | FRONTGATE | 9 | Lock this to keep salesmen out and dogs in |
| 22% | VAULT | 5 | Pole ___, sport played with a pole where players use it to help them jump over a high bar |
| 22% | FETCH | 5 | Game played with a dog |
| 22% | BACKGAMMON | 10 | Board game for two played with pieces moved according to throws of a dice |
| 22% | BACKGAMMON | 10 | Board game for two played with pieces moved according to throws of a die |