| TOMATOES | Projectiles thrown in an annual festival in the Spanish town of Bunol |
| LILAC | Flower honored in an annual festival in Rochester, N.Y. |
| DARTS | Sharp projectiles thrown at a target on the wall |
| ELDORADO | Short-lived 1990s TV soap opera set in the Spanish town of Los Barcos (8) |
| TULIP | Subject of an annual festival in the Netherlands |
| WAGNER | German composer whose work is celebrated at an annual festival in the city of Bayreuth (6) |
| TOMATO | Fruit thrown by revellers at the La Tomatina festival in Bunol |
| DART | Projectile thrown in such games as Cricket and 501 |
| BURNINGMAN | Annual festival in the Nevada desert |
| PARTY | A political lot, thrown in an entertaining way (5) |
| QUOIT | Ring thrown in an outdoor game (5) |
| SHOT | ___ put, thrown in an eponymous athletics event. |
| TULIPS | Subject of an annual festival in Holland, Mich. |
| UFOLOGY | Focus of an annual festival in New Mexico |
| SHERRY | Fortified wine taking its name from the Spanish town of Jerez (6) |
| ROSES | Flowers featured at an annual festival in Portland, Ore. |
| RHUBARB | Perennial plant with edible stalks celebrated at an annual festival in Wakefield (7) |
| LAMMAS | Also called Loaf Mass day, this is a festival in the liturgical calendar to mark the blessing of the first fruits of harvest |
| SWAZILAND | Incwala is a six-day festival in the country of Eswatini to celebrate the tasting of the season's first fruits, cleansing, renewal, and kingship. How was Eswatini previously known? |
| BAYREUTH | Site in Bavaria of an annual festival of Wagner operas (8) |