| Contrary retort | 15 |
| Contrary start | 14 |
| Contrary to | 11 |
| Contrary to expectation | 23 |
| Contrary to expectations | 24 |
| Contrary to fact | 16 |
| Contrary to good manners | 24 |
| Contrary to Miss Manners | 24 |
| Contrary to one's nature | 28 |
| Contrary to the rules | 21 |
| Contrary to, to the Yokums | 26 |
| Contrary voter | 14 |
| Contrary votes | 14 |
| Contrary-minded answers | 23 |
| Contrary: Abbr. | 15 |
| Contrast of light and dark | 26 |
| Contrast or volume, on an old TV | 32 |
| Contrast or volume, on old TVs | 30 |
| Contrast word | 13 |
| Contrasting | 11 |
| Contrasting edges | 17 |
| Contrasting music as in a march | 32 |
| Contrasting ornaments | 21 |
| Contravene | 10 |
| Contravened | 11 |
| Contravenes | 11 |
| Contreras stat | 14 |
| Contretemps upshot | 18 |
| Contribute | 10 |
| Contribute (to) | 15 |
| Contribute a member | 19 |
| Contribute a tenth | 18 |
| Contribute during preparation | 29 |
| Contribute monetarily | 21 |
| Contribute more | 15 |
| Contribute obligingly | 21 |
| Contribute one's two cents | 30 |
| Contribute to a blog | 20 |
| Contribute to a Cricket team, perhaps? | 38 |
| Contribute to a fund | 20 |
| Contribute to a lengthy résumé | 36 |
| Contribute to a pot | 19 |
| Contribute to the cause | 23 |
| Contribute to the conversation | 30 |
| Contribute to the kitty | 23 |
| Contribute to the mix | 21 |
| Contribute to the poker game | 28 |
| Contribute to the pot | 21 |
| Contribute to, as a crime | 25 |
| Contribute toward the cost | 26 |
| Contribute, as to a fund | 24 |
| Contribute, as to a kitty | 25 |
| Contribute, as to an account | 28 |
| Contribute, as to criminality | 29 |
| Contribute, as to the conversation | 34 |
| Contribute, in a way | 20 |
| Contribute, with "up" | 31 |
| Contributed | 11 |
| Contributed money to join | 25 |
| Contributed more for | 20 |
| Contributed temporarily | 23 |
| Contributed to | 14 |
| Contributed to a clutch | 23 |
| Contributed to a common stock | 29 |
| Contributed to PBS, perhaps | 27 |
| Contributed to the pot | 22 |
| Contributed, as dues | 20 |
| Contributed, with "up" | 32 |
| Contributes | 11 |
| Contributes (or creates this puzzle's theme) | 48 |
| Contributes 10% | 15 |
| Contributes another thought | 27 |
| Contributes for a joint gift | 28 |
| Contributes more | 16 |
| Contributes one's share to | 30 |
| Contributes some marginal thoughts? | 35 |
| Contributes to | 14 |
| Contributes to a 401(k) | 23 |
| Contributes to a football pileup | 32 |
| Contributes to a fund | 21 |
| Contributes to the cause | 24 |
| Contributes to the conversation | 31 |
| Contributes to the mix | 22 |
| Contributes to, as a tab | 24 |
| Contributes, as for a gift | 26 |
| Contributes, as money | 21 |
| Contributes, as to a pot | 24 |
| Contributing cause | 18 |
| Contributing causes | 19 |
| Contributing chips for cards | 28 |
| Contributing component | 22 |
| Contributing element | 20 |
| Contributing elements | 21 |
| Contributing member | 19 |
| Contributing some chips | 23 |
| Contributing some chips for a hand | 34 |
| Contributing _____ | 18 |
| Contribution | 12 |
| Contribution before the deal | 28 |
| Contribution maker | 18 |