Crossword puzzle clue "competitor in a contest"

Remembrance word [CONTEST NOTE: My online crossword contest is ONE WEEK AWAY (Sept. 30). First prize, $2,500. For details visit www.alzfdn.org.]

Asset-freezing org. (CONTEST ALERT! My new all-skill, solve-at-home crossword contest benefiting the Alzheimer's Foundation of America is Sept. 30. First prize, $2,500. For details visit www.alzfdn.

Bulwer-___ Fiction Contest (yearly contest involving deliberately awful opening sentences to novels)

Contest before the main contest

Rocker Bonnie [CONTEST NOTE: My online all-skill crossword contest is Sept. 30. First prize is $2,500. For details visit www.alzfdn.org.]

With ''down,'' a pre-contest contest

Competitor in a road speed contest: 2 wds.

Competitor at a hot-dog contest