| COMBATING | One in a fight |
| SCARFACE | Alphonse Gabriel Capone bore this nickname as a result of the wounds to his cheek suffered in a fight at a nightclub |
| WOODHALL | Richie ___, 1988 Olympic boxing bronze medallist was a body double for Brad Pitt in a fight scene in the movie Snatch |
| AFFRAY | A fine fellow, Raymond, in a fight |
| FRACAS | A scarf is misplaced in a fight |
| BEAROUT | Support a listener in a fight (4,3) |
| COMBAT | Coat split by a bachelor in a fight |
| DUELIST | One taking part in a fight to settle an "affair of honour" (7) |
| FIREWATCHING | Crew in a fight, possibly giving employment in the Blitz (4-8) |
| NUTTER | Crazy person, yet one using his head in a fight? (6) |
| PASSAGEOFARMS | Sam grasps a foe brutally in a fight (7,2,4) |
| WARRINGTON | In a fight, beginning to take on a rugby team (10) |
| STILETTO | Landed up involved in a fight for producing a weapon (8) |
| MELEE | Just me and a general seen in a fight (5) |
| TOOKON | Also knock out noodlehead one met in a fight (4,2) |
| TAKESTWOTOTAN | "No one can get in a fight by himself," informally |
| IRONJAWED | Joined war in error, but tough to beat in a fight (4-5) |
| GLASSJAW | Girl held by Ghanaian jungle leaders starts to act weird, a transparent weakness in a fight (5,3) |
| HEADBUTT | *Cranial attack in a fight (surprisingly, new to the list as one word) |
| SIDE | Faction in a fight |
