| Rating | Solver | Clue |
|---|---|---|
| ENMITY | Contention | |
| BICKERMENT | Contention. | |
| DISPUTE | Verbal contention | |
| BATE | Strife; contention. | |
| STRIVE | Strife; contention. | |
| DEBATEFULLY | With contention. | |
| CONCERTATION | Strife; contention. | |
| ISSUE | Bone of contention | |
| WORD | Verbal contention; dispute. | |
| CHEST | Strife; contention; controversy. | |
| CONTEK | Quarrel; contention; contest. | |
| BATEFUL | Exciting contention; contentious. | |
| STRUGGLE | Contest; contention; strife. | |
| ELIMINATING | Knocking out of contention | |
| OUTCAST | A quarrel; a contention. | |
| COLLUCTATION | A struggling; a contention. | |
| POLEMY | Warfare; war; hence, contention; opposition. | |
| STRIFE | Altercation; violent contention; fight; battle. | |
| DEBATEFUL | Full of contention; contentious; quarrelsome. | |
| EMULATION | Jea/ous rivalry; envy; envious contention. | |
| DECERTATION | Contest for mastery; contention; strife. | |
| AGONISM | Contention for a prize; a contest. | |
| BELLICOSE | Inclined to war or contention; warlike; pugnacious. | |
| BRIGUE | A cabal, intrigue, faction, contention, strife, or quarrel. | |
| INCENDIOUS | Promoting faction or contention; seditious; inflammatory. | |