| Blue Book girl | 14 |
| Belle of the coming-out ball | 28 |
| Belle of the ball? | 18 |
| Belle of the ball, maybe | 24 |
| Ball girl with two gloves | 25 |
| Ball belle, briefly | 19 |
| A grown woman, slangily | 23 |
| A grown woman, socially | 24 |
| A ball may be thrown for one | 28 |
| "It's Not PMS, It's You!" author Amlen | 56 |
| Collapse | 8 |
| Overwhelming defeat | 19 |
| Disaster | 8 |
| Complete disaster | 17 |
| Spectacular failure | 19 |
| Ludicrous failure | 17 |
| Disastrous collapse | 19 |
| Charlie Sheen's life, generally | 35 |
| Legally prohibit | 16 |
| Prevent from entering | 21 |
| Lift a lawyer's license | 27 |
| Not allow to practice | 21 |
| Exclude from practice | 21 |
| Refuse entry to | 15 |
| Oust from the ABA | 17 |
| Where a Brooklynite tipples | 27 |
| Exclude or prohibit | 19 |
| Disallow entry | 14 |
| Go ashore | 9 |
| Leave, as a ship | 16 |
| Leave the liner | 15 |
| Come ashore | 11 |
| Leave the junk | 14 |
| Get off at the pier | 19 |
| Excludes or prohibits | 21 |
| Knock down | 10 |
| Vitiate | 7 |
| Pollute | 7 |
| Cheapen | 7 |
| Adulterate | 10 |
| Lower in dignity | 16 |
| Reduce in value | 15 |
| Corrupt morally | 15 |
| Reduce the value of | 19 |
| Reduce in status | 16 |
| Lower the value of, as currency | 31 |
| Lower in character | 18 |
| Storage spot in a Brooklyn home | 31 |
| Playroom locale? | 16 |
| Degradation | 11 |
| Brooklyn storage area? | 22 |
| Unresolved | 10 |
| Open to question | 16 |
| Having two sides, perhaps | 25 |
| Argument | 8 |
| Go back and forth | 17 |
| Campaign event | 14 |
| War of words | 12 |
| Pre-election event | 18 |
| Campaign feature | 16 |
| Discuss pros and cons | 21 |
| Candidates' face-off | 24 |
| Senate event | 12 |
| Political argument | 18 |
| Polemic | 7 |
| Forensics focus | 15 |
| Election year event | 19 |
| Disputation | 11 |
| Discuss the pros and cons of | 28 |
| Certain school team activity | 28 |
| Campaign event and this puzzle's theme | 42 |
| Campaign contest | 16 |
| Where opposite sides meet | 25 |
| Two-sided affair | 16 |
| Railsplitter vs. Little Giant event | 35 |
| Primary event | 13 |
| Political event | 15 |
| Political confrontation | 23 |
| Organized argument | 18 |
| Oral contest | 12 |
| Future Kerry/Bush event | 23 |
| Formal argument | 15 |
| Forensics event | 15 |
| Forensic contest | 16 |
| Forensic competition | 20 |
| Forensic activity | 17 |
| Dispute about | 13 |
| Discussion of both sides | 24 |
| Carter vs. Ford on TV: 1976 | 27 |
| Candidates' event | 21 |
| Campaign meeting | 16 |
| Bush vs. Dukakis event | 22 |
| Argue formally | 14 |
| Argue a question | 16 |
| Disputant | 9 |
| Candidate, at times | 19 |
| School-team arguer | 18 |
| Pro, half the time | 18 |
| Pro or con man | 14 |
| Pro in a certain contest? | 25 |