| LOVEANDWAR | Fall in now - adversarial struggles - any tactic permitted (4,4,2,4,3,3) |
| ALLSFAIRIN | Fall in now - adversarial struggles - any tactic permitted (4,4,2,4,3,3) |
| NOHOLDSBARRED | Any tactics permitted (2,5,6) |
| NOHOLDS | (& 11-across) Any tactics are permitted (in a fight) (2,5,6) |
| THEMANDUS | Dust settled around macho type in an adversarial situation |
| ACCUSATORIAL | Adversarial in law, a coal car suit, collapsed (12) |
| KERALA | Have adversarial administrator earmark cases over in Indian location |
| CUTAND | Twisting truth, stand by copper in adversarial action (3,3,6) |
| THRUST | Twisting truth, stand by copper in adversarial action (3,3,6) |
| POLESAPART | As adversarial as it gets |
| GLEAM | Flash Gordon loathes emperors, adversarial Ming for starters (5) |
| CANAL | Grand Union perhaps may bring adversarial sides together (5) |
| PARTIAL | Someone adversarial, extremely biased (7) |
| RARAAVIS | Odd thing to have led astray from adversarial contest (4,4) |
| FLAIR | Adversarial facade concealed rising talent (5) |
| ESPYING | On-line adversarial agent elected government is observing |
| SEANAD | First couple see annoyingly adversarial set of elected representatives |
| ENEMY | death metal band with an adversarial name |
| SPY | "___ vs. ___" (comic strip featuring adversarial agents) |
| PRESIDENT | I 'd put in now for a position in society (9) |