| 100% | CABER | 5 | Tapered log around 19 feet long tossed in an event at the Highland Games |
| 79% | CABER | 5 | Tapered log about 19 feet long tossed in an event at a modern Highland Games |
| 71% | CABER | 5 | Tapered log about 19 feet long that is tossed in an event at a modern Highland Games |
| 55% | CABER | 5 | Tapered log tossed in an event at a modern Highland Games |
| 53% | CABER | 5 | Tapered log that is tossed in an event at a modern Highland Games |
| 31% | CABER | 5 | Pole tossed at the Highland Games |
| 27% | PRESIDENTSRACE | 14 | Event at Washington Nationals home games where giant-headed US political mascots run around the stadium: 2 wds. |
| 26% | KILT | 4 | Skirt that might be worn at the Highland Games |
| 26% | MEDALIST | 8 | One who has won an event at the Olympics |
| 26% | QUOITS | 6 | Game in which rings of metal or rope are tossed at a stake in the ground |
| 25% | PAIGE | 5 | Satchel who pitched in an M.L.B. game at the age of fifty-nine |
| 25% | CABERS | 6 | Poles tossed in highland games |
| 24% | SKIS | 4 | Competes in alpine events at the Olympics, say |
| 24% | CAP | 3 | Something tossed in the air at graduation |
| 24% | APOLUNE | 7 | Farthest point in an orbit around the moon |
| 23% | BATTLESHIP | 10 | It's four units long in a popular board game (with the game's other pieces hinted at by the circled letters) |
| 23% | WORLDRECORDTIME | 15 | What each of seven 36-Across events at the 2008 Olympics ended in |
| 23% | JUDO | 4 | Martial art that's an event in the Olympics |
| 23% | LEE | 3 | Sunisa ___, American gymnast who won the all-around event at the Olympic Games held in 2021 |
| 23% | RED | 3 | The ___ Wedding, iconic event in "Game of Thrones" that won an Emmy nomination for Outstanding Writing |
| 23% | OUT | 3 | No longer in the game |
| 23% | BRAEMAR | 7 | Village in Aberdeenshire associated with the Highland Games |
| 23% | EJECT | 5 | Toss from the game, as an unruly coach |
| 23% | CABER | 5 | Trunk thrown in the Highland Games |
| 23% | RET | 3 | No longer in the game: Abbr. |
| 23% | CUE | 3 | Long tapered rod used to strike a ball in the game of snooker |
| 23% | NIP | 3 | ___ in the bud (stop at an early stage) |
| 22% | SURPRISE | 8 | An event where the main person is kept in the dark about the party |
| 22% | CUE | 3 | Long, tapered rod used to strike a ball in the game of snooker |