| 1962 Gene Chandler hit | 22 |
| "Nothing can stop" him, in a 1962 doo-wop classic | 59 |
| British nobles | 14 |
| Fists, slangily | 15 |
| They're put up in a fight | 29 |
| ROYALTY | 7 |
| They're put up in fights | 28 |
| They're put up for protection | 33 |
| Pugs' fists | 15 |
| High-ranking nobles | 19 |
| Fists, informally | 17 |
| Fists | 5 |
| Ellington and Wellington | 24 |
| What pugs put up | 16 |
| TV's Bo, Luke and Daisy | 27 |
| Things to put up | 16 |
| They're raised in a fight | 29 |
| They may be put up in anger | 27 |
| They may be put up | 18 |
| The "'em" in "Put 'em up!" | 54 |
| Scrappers put them up | 21 |
| Put 'em up to fight | 23 |
| Pug's fists | 15 |
| Iron and Patty | 14 |
| Highly ranked noblemen | 22 |
| Fists, to boxers | 16 |
| Fists, so to speak | 18 |
| Fists, in slang | 15 |
| Feudal bigwigs | 14 |
| Ellington and Snider | 20 |
| Classic TV's Bo, Luke and Daisy | 35 |
| Brawler's weapons | 21 |
| Boxer's paws | 16 |
| Boxer's fists: Slang | 24 |
| Bo, Luke and Daisy of '80s TV | 33 |
| Bo, Luke and Daisy | 18 |
| "Put up your ___" | 27 |
| "Put up your _____!" | 30 |
| Sweet Spanish wine | 18 |
| ___ de leche (caramel) | 22 |
| Wilfred Owen's "___ et Decorum Est" | 49 |
| Sweet: Lat. | 11 |
| Sweet, to Scipio | 16 |
| Sweet, to Ramón | 18 |
| Sweet, in Sevilla | 17 |
| "___ et decorum est . . . " | 37 |
| __ de leche (Spanish confection) | 32 |
| Sweet-sounding | 14 |
| Mellifluous | 11 |
| Pleasing, as tones | 18 |
| Sweet, as tones | 15 |
| Sweet to the ears | 17 |
| Far from froggy | 15 |
| Don Quixote's love | 22 |
| "Man of La Mancha" song | 33 |
| Don Quixote's doña | 25 |
| Don Quixote's beloved | 25 |
| Beloved in "Man of La Mancha" | 39 |
| "Man of La Mancha" number | 35 |
| "Beauty superhuman" in a 17th-century novel | 53 |
| Sluggish | 8 |
| Tiresome | 8 |
| Like dishwater | 14 |
| Yawn-provoking | 14 |
| Obtund or obtuse | 16 |
| Word for a playless Jack | 24 |
| Without an edge | 15 |
| Unlikely to cut | 15 |
| Uninteresting, like a show | 26 |
| Snore-inducing | 14 |
| Snooze-worthy | 13 |
| Same old same old | 18 |
| Not the life of the party | 25 |
| Needing stropping | 17 |
| Needing sharpening | 18 |
| Matte | 5 |
| Like some knives | 16 |
| Like dishwater? | 15 |
| In need of sharpening | 21 |
| Hard to cut with | 16 |
| Far from vivid | 14 |
| Far from scintillating | 22 |
| Dishwaterlike | 13 |
| Causing yawning | 15 |
| Bromidic | 8 |
| Boring! | 7 |
| Beef-witted | 11 |
| Unanimated | 10 |
| Really boring | 13 |
| Inducing a nod, perhaps | 23 |
| Enough to put you to sleep | 26 |
| Boring to the max | 17 |
| Less bright | 11 |
| More boring | 11 |
| More like dishwater? | 20 |
| More insipid | 12 |
| Not so sharp | 12 |
| Less sharp | 10 |
| Less likely to be read | 22 |
| Washington airport | 18 |