| Remain unused | 13 |
| Make a lap | 10 |
| Kennel command | 14 |
| Form a lap | 10 |
| Win at musical chairs | 21 |
| Watch the baby | 14 |
| Collect dust | 12 |
| "Make yourself comfortable" | 37 |
| "Get comfortable!" | 28 |
| Word heard at the Westminster Kennel Club | 41 |
| Mind the baby | 13 |
| Grab a chair | 12 |
| Avoid elimination in musical chairs | 35 |
| Watch the grandchildren | 23 |
| Use the couch | 13 |
| Use a tuffet | 12 |
| Play parent for a night | 23 |
| Obedience school lesson | 23 |
| Hospitable invitation | 21 |
| Go unused | 9 |
| Gain a lap | 10 |
| Be a benchwarmer | 16 |
| "Please, make yourself comfortable" | 45 |
| Warm the bench | 14 |
| Wait to play | 12 |
| Use a sofa | 10 |
| Take a seat | 11 |
| Pose for an artist | 18 |
| Pose for a portrait | 19 |
| Park your carcass | 17 |
| Obedience school word | 21 |
| Have a portrait made | 20 |
| Get off one's feet | 22 |
| Get benched | 11 |
| Emulate Whistler's mother | 29 |
| Create a lap | 12 |
| Command to Rex | 14 |
| Command to a boxer | 18 |
| Basic canine command | 20 |
| "Take a load off!" | 28 |
| Word to Rover | 13 |
| Word to a boxer, maybe | 22 |
| What an obedient dog may do | 27 |
| Watch kids | 10 |
| Use the waiting room | 20 |
| Use a stool | 11 |
| Use a pew | 9 |
| Use a couch | 11 |
| Tend to tots | 12 |
| Ride the bench | 14 |
| Plop oneself down | 17 |
| Order to a four-legged friend | 29 |
| Order to a canine | 17 |
| Oblige a portraitist | 20 |
| Obedience school order | 22 |
| Mind for money, informally | 26 |
| Kennel order | 12 |
| Join a jury | 11 |
| Invitation to a visitor | 23 |
| Heed "Down in front!" | 31 |
| Gain a lap? | 11 |
| Command to Benji | 16 |
| Collect splinters, so to speak | 30 |
| Chow order? | 11 |
| "Hey, down in front!" | 31 |
| "Get comfy" | 21 |
| Word with tight or still | 24 |
| Word with still or tight | 24 |
| Word with dog or house | 22 |
| Word to a well-trained boxer | 28 |
| What the crowd does for mellow show | 35 |
| What subs do | 12 |
| What Otis Redding will do on a "Dock"? | 48 |
| What a cellist has to do before playing | 39 |
| Watch the tykes | 15 |
| Watch the neighbor's kids | 29 |
| Watch over wee ones | 19 |
| Watch kids, maybe | 17 |
| Warm chairs | 11 |
| Use the sofa | 12 |
| Use an ottoman | 14 |
| Use a rocker | 12 |
| Use a pouffe | 12 |
| Use a ladder back | 17 |
| Use a divan | 11 |
| Tend to brood? | 14 |
| Tend the toddlers | 17 |
| Tend the kids | 14 |
| Tend a tot | 10 |
| Take the stand, ironically | 26 |
| Take a pew | 10 |
| Take a load off, say | 20 |
| Take a load off your feet | 25 |
| Take a booth, e.g. | 18 |
| Stop running around, perhaps | 28 |
| Stop lying, perhaps | 19 |
| Skip, with "out" | 26 |
| Serve (on) | 10 |
| Ride the pine | 13 |
| Rest one's feet | 19 |