| Contest that might involve a doormat | 36 |
| Contest that's over in seconds | 34 |
| Contest to determine the fastest pillager? | 42 |
| Contest to see who can be more unfriendly? | 42 |
| Contest to win an objet d'art? | 34 |
| Contest whose lead keeps changing | 33 |
| Contest winner's cry, perhaps | 33 |
| Contestant on a Bravo reality show | 34 |
| Contestant's choice on "Match Game" | 49 |
| Contests between international teams | 36 |
| Contests requiring extra innings | 32 |
| Contests with no ultimate winner, hopefully | 43 |
| Contiental group, in some newspapers | 36 |
| Continent bounded by three oceans | 33 |
| Continent home to the world's newest nation | 47 |
| Continent on one side of the Atl. | 33 |
| Continent that Marco Polo explored | 34 |
| Continent with the most countries | 33 |
| Continent with twelve territories, in Risk | 42 |
| Continent-influenced '80s band | 34 |
| Continent-inspired prog-rockers? | 32 |
| Continent-separating mountain range | 35 |
| Continental alliance's intl. strategy | 41 |
| Continental Army encampment near Philadelphia | 45 |
| Continental headquarters, 1777-78 | 33 |
| Continental merger partner (abbr.) | 34 |
| Continental shelf or abyssal plain location | 43 |
| Continental train ticketing service | 35 |
| Continental traveler's ___ system | 37 |
| Continental ___ (great watershed) | 33 |
| Continual and excessive quest for knowledge | 43 |
| Continuation of a healthy observation | 37 |
| Continuation of the kitchen quote | 33 |
| Continue after a setback, as one's life | 43 |
| Continue cordially despite differences | 38 |
| Continue downhill without pedaling | 34 |
| Continue in a particular condition | 34 |
| Continue the journey, oater-style | 33 |
| Continue to irritate, as bad feeling | 36 |
| Continue to move after loss of power | 36 |
| Continue to practice, as a profession | 37 |
| Continue to treat, as a swelling | 32 |
| Continue without stopping, in music | 35 |
| Continue, as an uncontrolled fire | 33 |
| Continue, Ã la "Gatsby" | 36 |
| Continued in a musical-chairs game | 34 |
| Continued in one direction, like the stock market | 49 |
| Continued violently, as a battle | 32 |
| Continued with one's activities | 35 |
| Continues to receive little recognition? | 40 |
| Continuing to criticize unnecessarily | 37 |
| Continuous band of hull planking | 32 |
| Continuously, or this puzzle's theme | 40 |
| Contortionist's inspiration? | 32 |
| Contrabassoon's little cousin | 33 |
| Contract a common childhood disease | 35 |
| Contract addition for a bit of sandbox equipment? | 49 |
| Contract change approvals: Abbr. | 32 |
| Contract for a speaking engagement? | 35 |
| Contract in which one appoints a proxy (abbr.) | 46 |
| Contract signing by Lucy's pal in Finland? | 46 |
| Contract term for a 1930's heavyweight champ? | 49 |
| Contract with America co-author Dick | 36 |
| Contract With America first name | 32 |
| Contract's escalator clause, for short | 42 |
| Contract's inflation adjustment | 35 |
| Contraction after "yes" | 33 |
| Contraction before "now" | 34 |
| Contraction between looks and everything | 40 |
| Contraction between you and bother | 34 |
| Contraction for "small" | 33 |
| Contraction in "Jingle Bells" | 39 |
| Contraction in an alibi, perhaps | 32 |
| Contraction in Earth's galaxy? | 34 |
| Contraction in Shakespeare title | 32 |
| Contraction meaning "taboo" | 37 |
| Contraction not in the king's English | 41 |
| Contraction often used by servants | 34 |
| Contraction that gives many spellers trouble | 44 |
| Contraction that gives trouble to many | 38 |
| Contraction that sounds like a conjunction | 42 |
| Contraction that's an "i" dropper | 47 |
| Contraction used by servants and children | 41 |
| Contraction with "number one" | 39 |
| Contraction with enough or entertainment | 40 |
| Contraction with two apostrophes | 32 |
| Contractional homophone for weave | 33 |
| Contractless communication option | 33 |
| Contractor's approximation, briefly | 39 |
| Contractor's detail, briefly | 32 |
| Contractor's detail, for short | 34 |
| Contractor's equipment for short | 37 |
| Contracts to use sewing equipment | 33 |
| Contraire à la __: illegal, in Lyons | 39 |
| Contralto in "Eugene Onegin" | 38 |
| Contralto in "Siegfried" | 34 |
| Contralto role in "Siegfried" | 39 |
| Contralto who debuted in Prague: 1936 | 37 |
| Contrapuntal musical compositions | 33 |
| Contrast or volume, on an old TV | 32 |