| Cause long-lasting anger | 24 |
| Cause merriment | 15 |
| Cause much concern | 18 |
| Cause nose-holding | 18 |
| Cause not to have so great an effect | 36 |
| Cause of "good news of great joy" | 43 |
| Cause of "I" strain? | 30 |
| Cause of 19th century warfare between England and China | 55 |
| Cause of a $777,777 phone bill, maybe | 37 |
| Cause of a 1773 "party" | 33 |
| Cause of a 1773 Boston revolt | 29 |
| Cause of a 1983 baseball controversy | 36 |
| Cause of a backup | 17 |
| Cause of a bad air day | 22 |
| Cause of a bad air day? | 23 |
| Cause of a bad burn? | 20 |
| Cause of a bad gut reaction? | 28 |
| Cause of a bank fee, briefly | 28 |
| Cause of a baseball out | 23 |
| Cause of a beach closure, maybe | 31 |
| Cause of a beach house phone glitch? | 36 |
| Cause of a big bang | 19 |
| Cause of a big blowup | 21 |
| Cause of a big slice | 20 |
| Cause of a big splash | 21 |
| Cause of a blackout | 19 |
| Cause of a blown engine, maybe | 30 |
| Cause of a blowup | 17 |
| Cause of a blowup? | 18 |
| Cause of a bong or dong | 23 |
| Cause of a boom and bust? | 25 |
| Cause of a boxing disqualification? | 35 |
| Cause of a breakdown | 20 |
| Cause of a bump in the road | 27 |
| Cause of a buzz | 15 |
| Cause of a call to an insurance company | 39 |
| Cause of a car rental surcharge | 31 |
| Cause of a case of royal insomnia | 33 |
| Cause of a chill | 16 |
| Cause of a class struggle? | 26 |
| Cause of a clock change twice a yr. | 35 |
| Cause of a close election? | 26 |
| Cause of a close shave? | 23 |
| Cause of a Conestoga wagon being jolted? | 40 |
| Cause of a crash, perhaps | 25 |
| Cause of a crater, perhaps | 26 |
| Cause of a crybaby? | 19 |
| Cause of a curved flight path | 29 |
| Cause of a delay | 16 |
| Cause of a department store riot? | 33 |
| Cause of a diet setback, perhaps | 32 |
| Cause of a dispute | 18 |
| Cause of a divorce, at times | 28 |
| Cause of a downfall | 19 |
| Cause of a dramatic death in Shakespeare | 40 |
| Cause of a dry spell in the Midwest | 35 |
| Cause of a duel | 15 |
| Cause of a duel, maybe | 22 |
| Cause of a face-plant, perhaps | 30 |
| Cause of a fall | 15 |
| 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 |