| GISH | Lillian -, Best Actress in a Supporting Role Oscar nominee for Duel in the Sun (4) |
| YETI | No duel in Yuletide arranged for Himalayan behemoth (4) |
| KINGVIDOR | Director of films including Duel in the Sun and The Big Parade |
| LAST | Word before "Unicorn" or "Duel," in movie titles |
| SUN | Jennifer Jones starred in the controversial (for 1946) Duel In The ... |
| VIDOR | "Duel in the Sun" director |
| ELUDE | Arrange a duel in the East and get out of it artfully (5) |
| CUDGEL | Gee! See the duel in the club? (6) |
| DELFUEGO | Place at the end of the world? Disposed to agree it for duel (6,3,5) |
| TIERRA | Place at the end of the world? Disposed to agree it for duel (6,3,5) |
| AARONBURR | Third vice president of the United States, who killed his rival Alexander Hamilton in a duel in 1804 (5,4) |
| OSRIC | He says "A hit, a very palpable hit" during a duel in "Hamlet" |
| ELUDES | Escapes from those duels in the East (6) |
| SECONDS | They should be present at a duel in a little while |
| CLUEDUP | Well aware of the duel in a cup match (5,2) |
| ALLUDES | Refers to the man's having arranged a duel in (7) |
| TYBALT | Cousin of Juliet killed by Romeo in a duel in Shakespeare's play |
| HAMILTON | Alexander ---, American Founding Father mortally wounded in a duel in 1804 (8) |
| CHOICEOFWEAPONS | Decision for duel participants |
| JUSTIFYASECOND | Rationalize one's need for duel assistance? |
