| HAMER | Activist Fannie Lou who said, "If I fall, I'll fall five feet four inches forward in the fight for freedom" |
| SHORT | ___ king (charismatic five-foot-four-inch guy, maybe) |
| MORRISON | Nobel laureate who said "If I tried to write a universal novel, it would be water" |
| CREEPS | Inches forward, eg |
| EASES | Inches forward |
| LACONIC | He said: if I bring my army into your land, I will destroy you; they said: 'if' - it's an example of a pithy reply (7) |
| FREEWAY | Tiny set-back in the fight for fast US motor traffic (7) |
| ALLY | Comrade in the fight for racial justice, say |
| NRA | Brady Campaign foe in the fight for gun control (abbr.) |
| GAY | "Stonewall: Breaking Out in the Fight for ___ Rights" (2015 book by Ann Bausum) |
| THROWINGOFF | Shedding nonsense in the fight for now (8,3) |
| SIOUX | Jokingly, I said, "If I were you, I'd ___ ." |
| FORD | He allegedly said, "If I had asked people what they wanted, they would have said faster horses" |
| SPRANG | Jumped into action for the Great Leap Forward in the past perhaps (6) |
| HOOKER | In rugby, the central forward in the front row of a scrum (6) |
| INSOLENT | Forward - in the manner of the Isle of Wight ferry? (8) |
| GREEN | Political party leading the fight for climate change, The Party (5) |
| TREASON | To end the fight for a cause in criminal! (7) |
| CINDY | ___ Lou Who, character in "How the Grinch Stole Christmas" |
| FULFORD | Lou, who lives on a small road on the edge of a cliff in Falmouth, is travelling to visit my hamlet near Kingston St Mary (7) |
