| Cause of a famous wreck | 23 |
| Cause of a fat lip? | 19 |
| Cause of a flashing alarm clock, perhaps | 40 |
| Cause of a flubbed field goal, often | 36 |
| Cause of a fly's demise | 27 |
| Cause of a food safety warning | 30 |
| Cause of a fracture | 19 |
| Cause of a fugitive's pain? | 31 |
| Cause of a full stop for sailing ships | 38 |
| Cause of a game cancellation | 28 |
| Cause of a good belly laugh? | 28 |
| Cause of a hair-raising experience? | 35 |
| Cause of a health scare | 23 |
| Cause of a Heathrow row, possibly | 33 |
| Cause of a highway delay | 24 |
| Cause of a hippie high | 22 |
| Cause of a historic suicide | 27 |
| Cause of a late 1950's scandal | 34 |
| Cause of a limp | 15 |
| Cause of a limp, maybe | 22 |
| Cause of a lockdown | 19 |
| Cause of a lost hr. in spring | 29 |
| Cause of a low rating | 21 |
| Cause of a low Richter reading | 30 |
| Cause of a mad dash in sports, perhaps | 38 |
| Cause of a major downfall? | 26 |
| Cause of a mattress collapse? | 29 |
| Cause of a messy breakup? | 25 |
| Cause of a mirthquake | 21 |
| Cause of a mutation, maybe | 26 |
| Cause of a nasty gut feeling? | 29 |
| Cause of a non sequitur | 23 |
| Cause of a notable 2000 Supreme Court case | 42 |
| Cause of a pain in the neck | 27 |
| Cause of a paradigm shift | 25 |
| Cause of a Peugeot's flat tire? | 35 |
| Cause of a pocket stain, perhaps | 32 |
| Cause of a post-bender fender-bender?: Abbr. | 44 |
| Cause of a power tool failure? | 30 |
| Cause of a power trip | 21 |
| Cause of a price increase | 25 |
| Cause of a prickly feeling | 26 |
| Cause of a product recall, perhaps | 34 |
| Cause of a rash reaction? | 25 |
| Cause of a rash response? | 25 |
| Cause of a red face | 19 |
| Cause of a red face? | 20 |
| Cause of a restaurant stir? | 27 |
| Cause of a revival?: Abbr. | 26 |
| Cause of a riot at Macy's? | 30 |
| Cause of a row? | 15 |
| Cause of a rowdy scene | 22 |
| Cause of a rude awakening? | 26 |
| Cause of a rumble | 17 |
| Cause of a run | 14 |
| Cause of a run, perhaps | 23 |
| Cause of a runoff | 17 |
| Cause of a rush | 15 |
| Cause of a scar | 15 |
| Cause of a scare | 16 |
| Cause of a scene, perhaps | 25 |
| Cause of a senior's stress? | 31 |
| Cause of a sexual harassment complaint? | 39 |
| Cause of a shot in the dark? | 28 |
| Cause of a skid | 15 |
| Cause of a skin rash | 20 |
| Cause of a slip, perhaps | 24 |
| Cause of a sloppy track | 23 |
| Cause of a slow track | 21 |
| Cause of a smile, maybe | 23 |
| Cause of a sniff | 16 |
| Cause of a sore spot | 20 |
| Cause of a split decision? | 26 |
| Cause of a stain, perhaps | 25 |
| Cause of a sticky situation? | 28 |
| Cause of a stinging breakup? | 28 |
| Cause of a stomachache | 22 |
| Cause of a strike, sometimes | 28 |
| Cause of a sudden drop in altitude | 34 |
| Cause of a sudden withdrawal | 28 |
| Cause of a suit | 15 |
| Cause of a swelled head | 23 |
| Cause of a swelled head, maybe | 30 |
| Cause of a swelling in the head | 31 |
| Cause of a tan line, perhaps | 28 |
| Cause of a tennis replay | 24 |
| Cause of a traffic delay | 24 |
| Cause of a traffic tie-up | 25 |
| Cause of a trip | 15 |
| Cause of a trip in "Easy Rider" | 41 |
| Cause of a turnover: Abbr. | 26 |
| Cause of a W.W. II siren | 24 |
| Cause of a wake-up | 18 |
| Cause of a Wall Street sell-off | 31 |
| Cause of a wet spell, perhaps | 29 |
| Cause of a wince | 16 |
| Cause of a world crisis | 23 |
| Cause of a worldwide 19th century fever | 39 |
| Cause of a WWII siren | 21 |
| Cause of A's, F's, etc. | 31 |