| Answer | Crossword Clue |
|---|---|
| FINALIST | Contestant of a kind. |
| FAME | Goal of many a reality show contestant |
| ANI | What a "Wheel of Fortune" contestant might buy |
| massacres | A heavy defeat of a sports team or contestant |
| finalist | a contestant who reaches the last part of a competition |
| finalists | FINALIST, a contestant who reaches the last part of a competition |
| corners | Each of the diagonally opposite ends of the ring, where a contestant rests between rounds |
| seeding | rank (a contestant) relative to others in a tournament on the basis of previous record the top-seeded tennis star |
