| Contract in which one appoints a proxy (abbr.) | 46 |
| Contract for a speaking engagement? | 35 |
| Contract change approvals: Abbr. | 32 |
| Contract addition for a bit of sandbox equipment? | 49 |
| Contract a common childhood disease | 35 |
| Contrabassoon's little cousin | 33 |
| Contortionist's inspiration? | 32 |
| Continuously, or this puzzle's theme | 40 |
| Continuous band of hull planking | 32 |
| Continuing to criticize unnecessarily | 37 |
| Continues to receive little recognition? | 40 |
| Continued with one's activities | 35 |
| Continued violently, as a battle | 32 |
| Continued in one direction, like the stock market | 49 |
| Continued in a musical-chairs game | 34 |
| Continue, Ã la "Gatsby" | 36 |
| Continue, as an uncontrolled fire | 33 |
| Continue without stopping, in music | 35 |
| Continue to treat, as a swelling | 32 |
| Continue to practice, as a profession | 37 |
| Continue to move after loss of power | 36 |
| Continue to irritate, as bad feeling | 36 |
| Continue the journey, oater-style | 33 |
| Continue in a particular condition | 34 |
| Continue downhill without pedaling | 34 |
| Continue cordially despite differences | 38 |
| Continue after a setback, as one's life | 43 |
| Continuation of the kitchen quote | 33 |
| Continuation of a healthy observation | 37 |
| Continual and excessive quest for knowledge | 43 |
| Continental ___ (great watershed) | 33 |
| Continental traveler's ___ system | 37 |
| Continental train ticketing service | 35 |
| Continental shelf or abyssal plain location | 43 |
| Continental merger partner (abbr.) | 34 |
| Continental headquarters, 1777-78 | 33 |
| Continental Army encampment near Philadelphia | 45 |
| Continental alliance's intl. strategy | 41 |
| Continent-separating mountain range | 35 |
| Continent-inspired prog-rockers? | 32 |
| Continent-influenced '80s band | 34 |
| Continent with twelve territories, in Risk | 42 |
| Continent with the most countries | 33 |
| Continent that Marco Polo explored | 34 |
| Continent on one side of the Atl. | 33 |
| Continent home to the world's newest nation | 47 |
| Continent bounded by three oceans | 33 |
| Contiental group, in some newspapers | 36 |
| Contests with no ultimate winner, hopefully | 43 |
| Contests requiring extra innings | 32 |
| Contests between international teams | 36 |
| Contestant's choice on "Match Game" | 49 |
| Contestant on a Bravo reality show | 34 |
| Contest winner's cry, perhaps | 33 |
| Contest whose lead keeps changing | 33 |
| Contest to win an objet d'art? | 34 |
| Contest to see who can be more unfriendly? | 42 |
| Contest to determine the fastest pillager? | 42 |
| Contest that's over in seconds | 34 |
| Contest that might involve a doormat | 36 |
| Contest that may give the local team an edge | 44 |
| Contest submission (with the following space) | 45 |
| Contest related to the knife toss? | 34 |
| Contest once hosted by Bob Barker and Dick Clark | 48 |
| Contest in which the lead keeps changing | 40 |
| Contest in the film "Spellbound" | 42 |
| Contest for the Bucs or Broncs, say | 35 |
| Contest for a free night at the inn? | 36 |
| Contest featuring spoons or noses | 33 |
| Contest between Atalanta and Hippomenes | 39 |
| Contents of this puzzle's theme | 35 |
| Contents of the rightmost column of a table | 43 |
| Contents of some plain brown wrappers | 37 |
| Contents of some kids' boxes | 32 |
| Contents of some in-boxes nowadays | 34 |
| Contents of some candy jar inverted (4) | 39 |
| Contents of Pandora's box, except for hope | 46 |
| Contents of many California orchards | 36 |
| Contents of Lenin's Tomb, e.g.? | 35 |
| Contents of Horace's "Carmina" | 44 |
| Contents of guns used in training exercises | 43 |
| Contents of four answers found in this puzzle | 45 |
| Contents of an Italian indictment? | 34 |
| Contents of a Shakespearean purse | 33 |
| Contents of a political tract, maybe | 36 |
| Contents of a pitching mound bag | 32 |
| Contents of a Mumbai bread basket | 33 |
| Contents of a lode-bearing wall? | 32 |
| Contents of a large, round, flat can | 36 |
| Contents of a fruit basket given to Mr. Hope? | 45 |
| Contents of a flickering sign, at times | 39 |
| Contents of a certain household box | 35 |
| Contents of a Bombay bread basket | 33 |
| Contents of a barbecue pit, often | 33 |
| Contents of "The Federalist" | 38 |
| Contents in the silly question, paronomastically | 48 |
| Contentious TV star (planning to get...) | 40 |
| Contentious economic issue for the 112th Congress | 49 |
| Contentedly confident and then some | 35 |
| Content of some regulated speech | 32 |