| CERTAMEN | Contest or strife, friendly or otherwise |
| DEBATE | Word originally for a fight or strife, later a more civilised or deliberated formal discussion (6) |
| MARITAL | Sort of bliss or strife |
| ARROW | Missile of war or strife (5) |
| EMBROIL | Involve in intrigue or strife (7) |
| WARMONGER | Person encouraging conflict or strife (9) |
| REFUGEE | One fleeing war or strife |
| RESULT | Consequence or outcome; or, the final score, placing or grade in a sporting contest or examination (6) |
| TOURNAMENT | Medieval jousting contest or tilt between knights; or, a round robin or series of competitions in bridge, chess, golf or tennis, for example (10) |
| CHALLENGE | A call or summons to engage in an argument, contest or fight; or, any demanding or testing task (9) |
| BOUT | A stint of strenuous exercise or overindulgence, for example; a contest or match in boxing, fencing or wrestling; a curve in the side of a violin; or, an attack of illness, such as flu (4) |
| DUEL | From an old poetic word for "war" and Latin for "two", a single wager of battle or trial by combat; an affaire d'honneur or monomachy; or, any contest or struggle between two (4) |
| NEMESIS | Embodiment of retribution in Greek mythology, a sister of Eris, or Strife (7) |
| DRAW | A contest or game resulting in a tie; a lottery or raffle; or, the assignment by lot of a prize (4) |
| GAMBLING | The betting or staking of something of value. The outcomes of this activity may be determined by chance alone or by physical skill, training, or prowess in athletic contests, or by a combination of st |
| BATTLE | Combat; military engagement; or, a contest or struggle generally (6) |
| AGON | Ancient Greek contest or literary struggle between two combatants or characters (4) |
| SLAM | A poetry contest; or, with "grand" and derived from an old game also called "ruff and honours" or "trump", the winning of all tricks in bridge (4) |
| ATHLETE | From the Greek for "contest" or "prize", a participant in track and field events or other competitive sport (7) |
| MATCH | Formal contest or game (5) |
