| Quid pro quo (Var.) | 19 |
| Equal exchange (Var.) | 21 |
| Pulitzer Prize journalist: 1917 | 31 |
| Herbert Bayard ___, U.S. journalist | 35 |
| "Putney __": 1969 film | 32 |
| Zorro's weapon | 18 |
| There's a point to it | 25 |
| Samurai weapon | 14 |
| Swashbuckler's weapon of choice | 35 |
| Hand-to-hand weapon | 19 |
| Foil, e.g. | 10 |
| Excalibur was one | 17 |
| Excalibur | 9 |
| Duel-purpose weapon? | 20 |
| "The ___ in the Stone" (1963 animated film) | 53 |
| Yataghan, e.g. | 14 |
| Word with fish or grass | 23 |
| Weapon used with a shield, maybe | 32 |
| Weapon for Zorro | 16 |
| Weapon associated with Damocles | 31 |
| Threat for Damocles | 19 |
| This may be hard to swallow | 27 |
| Swashbuckler's need | 23 |
| Stellate : star :: xiphoid : ___ | 32 |
| Shogun's slicer | 19 |
| Scabbard insert | 15 |
| Scabbard contents | 17 |
| Saber | 5 |
| Prince Valiant's weapon | 27 |
| Pen's inferior, it's said | 33 |
| Old arena draw? | 15 |
| Musketeer weapon | 16 |
| King Arthur's Excalibur, for one | 36 |
| Kind of dance or play | 21 |
| Item less puissant than a pen | 29 |
| Flynn prop | 10 |
| Fighting blade | 14 |
| Fencing unit? | 13 |
| Dubbing need | 12 |
| Drawn weapon | 12 |
| De Bergerac's weapon | 24 |
| Bilbo or scimitar | 17 |
| "Kill Bill" weapon | 28 |
| "... shall perish with the ___" (Matthew) | 51 |
| Fantasy genre | 13 |
| "Brigadoon" highlight | 31 |
| "Rob Roy" climax | 26 |
| Sharp-leaved plant | 18 |
| Weapon part that's out of this world? | 41 |
| Classic T.H. White novel, with "The" | 46 |
| 1963 animated film with the song "Higitus Figitus," with "The" | 82 |
| Gladiolus | 9 |
| Samurai, e.g.: Var. | 19 |
| The Three Musketeers, e.g. | 26 |
| Fencers, old style | 18 |
| Impending evil or danger | 24 |
| Impending disaster | 18 |
| Any imminent danger | 19 |
| WARNING: Suspension system prone to failure | 43 |
| Warning with a point | 20 |
| Imminent disaster | 17 |
| Disaster waiting to happen | 26 |
| Constant threat, metaphorically | 31 |
| Constant and imminent peril | 27 |
| Fencing | 7 |
| Dueling | 7 |
| They may be crossed | 19 |
| Musketeers' weapons | 23 |
| What Band of Horses brandished? | 31 |
| Toledos, e.g. | 13 |
| They might be crossed | 21 |
| Swashbucklers' needs | 24 |
| Some canapé picks | 20 |
| Makeup of the "Game of Thrones" throne | 48 |
| Foils, e.g. | 11 |
| Épées, e.g. | 18 |
| Epee and estoc | 14 |
| Dueling need | 12 |
| Part 7 of the soliloquy | 23 |
| Foiled fellow | 13 |
| What the confused duelist would like to do? | 43 |
| One with a high-iron diet? | 26 |
| Sideshow stunt | 14 |
| Midway act | 10 |
| Saber fish? | 11 |
| Fish used in genetic research | 29 |
| Vowed | 5 |
| Talked a blue streak? | 21 |
| Used inelegant language | 23 |
| Prepared to testify | 19 |
| Attested | 8 |
| Used four-letter words | 22 |
| Risked getting bleeped | 22 |
| Promised to tell the truth | 26 |
| Promised | 8 |
| Made a statement on a stack of Bibles? | 38 |
| Made a solemn declaration | 25 |
| Gave testimony | 14 |
| Talked like a sailor, stereotypically | 37 |
| Said some bad words | 19 |