| BRAINBOX | The cranium might enable Brian to fight in the ring (5-3) |
| IDIOTBOX | Ugandan leader returned to fight in the ring and on television (5,3) |
| MATCHBOX | Pair to fight in the ring - expect fireworks if one of those in there is struck perhaps (8) |
| SERVANTS | Those waiting to fight in the army? Mostly workers! (8) |
| GLOVEBOX | Legend gets nothing from tennis, from fight in the ring or from one of the handy types in golf? (8) |
| BLADDERS | Bag-like structures discovered by top biologist, might enable them to get to the next level |
| PARIETAL | The ___ bones in the skull form the sides and roof of the cranium (8) |
| BOXER | A dog is one to fight in the ring (5) |
| SPHENOID | Butterfly-shaped bone at the base of the cranium featuring a depression, the sella turcica, that contains the pituitary gland (8) |
| RESTLESS | Losing weight, fights in the ring with son, keeping moving |
| SKULLCAP | The top of the cranium; another name for the mint family's helmet flower; or, a protective hat worn by a jockey or other equestrian (8) |
| WORDWORM | Wriggly, lexically fond character in the Cranium board games |
| TOREADOR | He fights in the ring (8) |
| HEADACHE | Pain in the cranium (8) |
| RINGSIDE | One of the calls by Connacht leads to a fight in the middle of The Sportsground? (8) |
| CABLECAR | Vehicle on which James Bond and Jaws fight in the film Moonraker (5-3) |
| HATTRICK | Gordie Howe ___ (goal, assist and fight in the same game) (3,5) |
| SQUAREUP | Get ready to fight in fair at university (6,2) |
| DJIBOUTI | Record holder going to fight in independent island state (8) |
| LANGSIDE | Complicated dealings leading to fight in Glasgow (8) |
