| Rating | Solver | Clue |
|---|---|---|
| MOOT | Contentious | |
| CONTROVERSIAL | Contentious | |
| EMOTIVE | Contentious (issue) | |
| BRIGOSE | Contentious; quarrelsome. | |
| STRIFEFUL | Contentious; discordant. | |
| DISPUTABLE | Disputatious; contentious. | |
| WRANGLESOME | Contentious; quarrelsome. | |
| CONCERTATIVE | Contentious; quarrelsome. | |
| DISPUTABLY | In contentious fashion | |
| BATEFUL | Exciting contention; contentious. | |
| OFFSIDE | Contentious rule in football | |
| DISCORDFUL | Full of discord; contentious. | |
| CANTANKEROUS | Perverse; contentious; ugly; malicious. | |
| DEBATEFUL | Full of contention; contentious; quarrelsome. | |
| DISSENSIOUS | Disposed to discord; contentious; dissentious. | |
| EMULOUS | Vying with; rivaling; hence, contentious, envious. | |
| SQUABBLER | One who squabbles; a contentious person; a brawler. | |
| SQUARER | One who squares, or quarrels; a hot-headed, contentious fellow. | |
| DISSENTIOUS | Marked by dissensions; apt to breed discord; quarrelsome; contentious; factious. | |
| LITIGIOUS | Inclined to judicial contest; given to the practice of contending in law; guarrelsome; contentious; fond of litigation. | |
| DISSENSION | ...character, producing warm debates or angry words; contention in words; partisan and contentious divisions; breach of friendship and union; strif... | |