| CHALLENGERS | those confronting the champ |
| INTIME | Cosy at home, confronting the enemy (6) |
| POSER | Problem confronting the artist? (5) |
| WASHEDOUT | Was confronting the duo, worried and pale (6,3) |
| DAREDEVIL | Intrepid US lawyer confronting the dark side of Communism? |
| SUPERHERO | Policeman confronting the girl's love for Batman perhaps (9) |
| QUICKTIME | Speed of soldiers maybe, intelligent when confronting the enemy (5,4) |
| ASTHMA | Bad hats confronting the old lady making a complaint |
| KEEPTIME | Be in step in fortress when confronting the enemy |
| EMPRESS | Entitled woman with perm regularly confronting the papers (7) |
| APLOMB | Misguided pal confronting the wild mob with confidence (6) |
| ARCDE | Famous Paris monument that stands in the centre of the Place Charles de Gaulle at the western end of the Champs-Elysees, the ... Triomphe (3,2) |
| CHEWTHEFAT | Talk the hind leg off a donkey when the butter arrives after the champ (4,3,3) |
| ALI | Known as The Greatest, The Champ, The Louisville Lip or, occasionally, by his birth name, Cassius Cl |
| EIFFELTOWER | This iron tower built on the Champ de Mars beside the River Seine in Paris has become a global icon |
| THEGREATEST | "Muhammad Ali was _ _. Period", Barack Obama on the death of The Champ (3,8) |
| EIFFEL | The _ Tower, wrought-iron lattice tower on the Champ de Mars in Paris (6) |
| BEERY | Wallace, actor noted for playing the title role in 1932 film The Champ (5) |
| ELYSEES | Famous Paris boulevard which leads from the Arc de Triomphe to the Place de la Concorde; the Champs ... |
| VIDOR | 'The Champ' director King |
