| BATTLEOFWITS | Contest in which intelligence rather than violence is used (6,2,4) |
| NEWSREEL | For which intelligence is required in the cinema |
| CEREBRAL | Involving intelligence rather than emotions or instinct (8) |
| ONEHORSERACE | Contest in which a particular competitor is clearly superior (3-5,4) |
| SUPERBOWLXXX | Contest in which the Cowboys beat the Steelers 27-17 |
| SEESAWBATTLE | Contest in which the lead keeps changing |
| TWOHORSERACE | Contest in which only a couple of contestants are likely winners (3-5,4) |
| DRINKINGGAME | Contest in which losers are roaring? |
| AGGRO | Violence is on the rise in some cyborg games (5) |
| CHERRYPIE | "Violence is a part of America's culture. It is as American as ___" - H Rap Brown, 1967 (6,3) |
| TERRORIST | Man of violence is deranged rotter, sir! (9) |
| PACIFISM | The doctrine that no violence is justifiable (8) |
| VIA | Through violence, is arrested at the front |
| HATED | Abhorrent violence is done to death (5) |
| MOVIE | Film's opening minute of violence is extreme (5) |
| ROADRAGE | Street violence is never ending, read about Goa, sadly |
| EXTORT | To wrest from a person by violence, is to do what (6) |
| ATOOL | "Violence is ___ of the ignorant": Flip Wilson (1,4) |
| TAME | PG rated violence is this compared to a "hard R" movie. |
| REPECHAGE | Heat in an elimination contest in which previous runners-up compete for a place in the final, as in rowing, fencing etc. (9) |
