| RETALIATE | Retired boxer who refused to fight at Penge finally hit back |
| ENEMY | Soldiers in the old uprising...refused to fight me? |
| ALI | Boxer who refused the draft (3) |
| AGAMEMNON | A married man gone abroad to fight at Troy (9) |
| WARN | Threaten to fight, at one point (4) |
| GRAPPLE | To fight at close quarters |
| IRAN | .... Barkley, retired boxer who held world championships in three weight classes (4) |
| EUBANK | Retired boxer who has been competing on Celebrity MasterChef (5,6) |
| CHRIS | Retired boxer who has been competing on Celebrity MasterChef (5,6) |
| LAILAALI | Retired boxer who wrote the cookbook "Food for Life" |
| OSCAR | Famous retired boxer who won 11 world titles in six weight classes (5,2,2,4) |
| DELAHOYA | Famous retired boxer who won 11 world titles in six weight classes (5,2,2,4) |
| CHINTZ | Perhaps boxer's vulnerable point finally hit at the end - it could be curtains (6) |
| TELL | One who refused to accept tyranny to work as a bank clerk (4) |
| CLEMENT | _ VII, pope who refused to annul Henry VIII'S marriage to Catherine of Aragon (7) |
| SCAB | Which medieval insult came to describe someone who refused to join a strike? (4) |
| ENDING | Putting a stop to racket in centre of Penge (6) |
| RIGHT | Opener finally hit out over leg boundary to show authority (5) |
| ARMADA | Looking back, first man to artist puts up a fight at sea (6) |
| EXPOUNDER | Retired boxer perhaps who gives an explanation (9) |
