| REMATCH | Second contest to decide the winner |
| UTHAPPA | India's league match vs. Pakistan was tied and saw a bowl out to decide the winner. Sehwag, Harbhajan, and which player (surname only) bowled for India in the bowl out? |
| TIEBREAK | Game to decide the winner of a tennis set (3-5) |
| CUPFINAL | Aga Khan, for one, is not the first to decide the winners and losers (3,5) |
| ELIMINATOR | Contest to decide which team or player will go through to the next round (10) |
| WORLDSERIES | A best-of-seven playoff between the winning teams of the two major US baseball leagues to decide the championship (5,6) |
| PLAYOFF | Contest to decide a tie (4- 3) |
| JUDGE | One who decides the winner in a contest |
| SUDDENDEATH | Contest to decide between joint leaders (6,5) |
| IONIC | One tossed coin to decide the order (5) |
| DETERMINE | Discourage my group to decide the matter |
| TIEBREAKS | They decide the winners by draw in split second (3-6) |
| JUDGES | They decide the winners (6) |
| DEATH | Oddly squad added no depth, losing power for a way to decide the outcome (6,5) |
| SUDDEN | Oddly squad added no depth, losing power for a way to decide the outcome (6,5) |
| PHOTOFINISH | An end of a race requiring an examination of a freeze-frame to decide the result (5,6) |
| RETURNMATCH | Second contest between the same opponents (6,5) |
| MOVIE | Second contest for Ali or Rocky, say |
| CASTING | Before the vote, this will decide the issue |
| RESOLVE | Decide the sun always goes round the wrong way (7) |
