| WRANGLER | One of the cowboys starts rumpus after fisticuffs (8) |
| NFLER | One of the Cowboys or Redskins, for short |
| BACKROW | Rumpus after champion gets three out of fifteen |
| CHEYENNE | Capital of the Cowboy State |
| DINGDONG | Seasonal air producing Bacchanalian fisticuffs among the Gods? (4,4,7,2,4) |
| PUGILIST | Fisticuffs professional (8) |
| PUNCHUPS | Fisticuffs caused by word play on church above first steeple (5,3) |
| ROGERS | Roy ___, 1911-1998, nicknamed the King of the Cowboys, acted and sang in dozens of westerns (6) |
| RENFRO | Hall of Famer Mel of the Cowboys |
| SLYE | Leonard ___, birth name of "King of the Cowboys" (1943) star Roy Rogers |
| ROYROGERS | Actor known as the King of the Cowboys |
| TOM | Landry who was the first coach of the Cowboys |
| CAMPO | One-time coach of the Cowboys |
| TRIGGER | Roy Rogers, the King of the Cowboys, rode this palamino horse |
| DEION | "Neon" ___ Sanders of the Cowboys |
| OSU | Home of the Cowboys (abbr.) |
| DALLAS | Home of the Cowboys and Mavericks |
| BIGD | Home of the Cowboys, familiarly |
| ROY | "King of the Cowboys" Rogers |
| ARLINGTON | Home of the Cowboys' stadium |
