| Rugged wheels: Abbr. | 20 |
| Rugged wheels, briefly | 22 |
| Rugged transports, for short | 28 |
| Rugged transportation, for short | 32 |
| Rugged rides, for short | 23 |
| Rugged four-wheelers, briefly | 29 |
| Rugged conveyances | 18 |
| Rugged buggies, for short | 25 |
| Rentals at some beaches, for short | 34 |
| Relatives of dune buggies, for short | 36 |
| Ones heading for the hills?: Abbr. | 34 |
| Off-roaders' transport | 26 |
| Off-roaders' rides, for short | 33 |
| Off-roaders' rides, briefly | 31 |
| Off-roaders, familiarly | 23 |
| Off-road transports: Abbr. | 26 |
| Off-road conveyances, for short | 31 |
| Off-road bikes: Abbr. | 21 |
| Durable transports, for short | 29 |
| Dirt bikes' relatives, briefly | 34 |
| Dirt bikes' kin | 19 |
| Back country transports, briefly | 32 |
| Arctic Cat products, for short | 30 |
| Having it out | 13 |
| Not just feuding | 16 |
| Engaged in battle | 17 |
| Doing battle | 12 |
| In combat | 9 |
| Embattled | 9 |
| Crossing swords | 15 |
| Really battling it out | 22 |
| Beyond saber-rattling | 21 |
| More than just feuding | 22 |
| More than feuding | 17 |
| Fighting it out | 15 |
| Exchanging hostilities | 22 |
| Engaged in hostilities | 22 |
| Engaged in combat | 17 |
| Battling it out | 15 |
| Way more than feuding | 21 |
| Violently engaged | 17 |
| Trading punches | 15 |
| Openly hostile | 14 |
| Not just squabbling | 19 |
| Not just bickering | 18 |
| Not getting along, to say the least | 35 |
| More than just skirmishing | 26 |
| More than just quarreling | 25 |
| More than bickering | 19 |
| Militarily engaged | 18 |
| Making more guns and less butter? | 33 |
| Like Russia and Japan, for most of 1904-'05 | 47 |
| In battle | 9 |
| In armed conflict | 17 |
| In a state of armed conflict | 28 |
| In a major conflict (with) | 26 |
| In a hostile environment | 24 |
| Hardly on friendly terms | 24 |
| Fighting: 2 wds. | 16 |
| Fighting, as nations | 20 |
| Fighting hard | 13 |
| Fighting fiercely | 17 |
| Fighting big-time | 17 |
| Fighting an enemy | 17 |
| Engaging the enemy | 18 |
| Engaged in conflict | 19 |
| Engaged in armed conflict | 25 |
| Engaged in a campaign | 21 |
| Engaged in a battle | 19 |
| Clashing big-time | 17 |
| Beyond diplomatic niceties | 26 |
| Beyond bickering | 16 |
| "Bush ___" (Bob Woodward bestseller) | 46 |
| Erma Bombeck column | 19 |
| 1967 Erma Bombeck best-seller | 29 |
| Part of Welk's intro | 24 |
| Welk's upbeat | 17 |
| " . . . sharp as ___-edged sword": Proverbs | 53 |
| Part of Lawrence Welk's intro | 33 |
| "A one and ___..." | 28 |
| "...and ___" (Lawrence Welk count-off) | 48 |
| ''. . . one and ___'' (music start) | 51 |
| Words from Welk | 15 |
| Welk's, "... one and ___" | 39 |
| Welk's "... and ___" | 34 |
| Welk word | 9 |
| Welk "word" | 21 |
| The Moments "Love On ___-Way Street" | 46 |
| Sundered, old style | 19 |
| Retired Audi supermini | 22 |
| Part of Welk's count-off | 28 |
| Part of the intro to a piece of "Champagne Music" | 59 |
| Part of Lawrence Welk's count | 33 |
| Part of a Welk intro | 20 |
| Part of a Lawrence Welk count | 29 |
| Kenny Chesney "Ten With ___" | 38 |
| Jukebox selection for a Lawrence Welk tune? | 43 |
| Indigo Girls "A cooler and ___ day suitcase" | 54 |
| Gloria Estefan "Love on ___ Way Street" | 49 |
| German superhighway connecting the Ruhr with Berlin | 51 |