| 100% | STICK | 5 | Something to play fetch with in the woods |
| 61% | STICK | 5 | Something to play fetch with |
| 51% | LETFLY | 6 | Something to do with the shapes in this puzzle? |
| 47% | RACKET | 6 | Something needed to play the game depicted in this puzzle |
| 46% | TOY | 3 | Something to play with |
| 46% | KEY | 3 | Something to play in? |
| 46% | CONGOGAME | 9 | Something to play in Kinshasa? |
| 44% | PLAY | 4 | With 79-Down, something to do in the yard |
| 44% | STONES | 6 | First international rock band to play in Cuba (2016), with "the" |
| 43% | AXE | 3 | Something to help you make your cabin in the woods |
| 43% | SIN | 3 | Something to confess in the confessional |
| 43% | OAR | 3 | Something to dip in the water |
| 43% | GLOW | 4 | Something to do in the dark? |
| 42% | BIRDIE | 6 | Something needed to play the game depicted in this puzzle ... or a hint to the six circled answers |
| 42% | ANGELABASSETT | 13 | "What's Love Got to Do With It" actress who played Reva in "Boyz n the Hood": 2 wds. |
| 42% | BEEB | 4 | Something to watch on the telly, with "the" |
| 42% | ARCO | 4 | Instruction to play with the bow |
| 42% | SANDBOXES | 9 | Places to play in the dirt |
| 41% | ROD | 3 | Something to hang a towel on, in the bathroom |
| 41% | STOP | 4 | Something to do in the name of love? (6) |
| 41% | STAB | 4 | Something to take when you're in the dark |
| 41% | FOLDPAGESOAANDBARELINED | 23 | With 14-Down, what to do on the dotted lines to reveal six hidden things that have something in common with this puzzle |
| 41% | BADMINTON | 9 | Sport played with a shuttlecock where players hit it back and forth in an attempt to make the other side miss |
| 41% | CAMP | 4 | Something to make at night and break in the morning |
| 41% | SLED | 4 | Something to stand on, or run behind, in the Iditarod |
| 41% | ANGELABASSETT | 13 | Actress who plays Tina Turner in the music biopic "What's Love Got to Do with It" (2 wds.) |
| 40% | METS | 4 | Last team to play in the Polo Grounds |
| 40% | MUDPOODLE | 9 | Dog that loves to play in the rain? |
| 40% | ARCADES | 7 | Places to play Pac-Man in the 1980s |
| 40% | TREEHOUSE | 9 | Place for kids to play in the summer |