| Nashville university | 20 |
| Historically black university in Tennessee | 42 |
| Historically black university in Nashville | 42 |
| Hall-of-Fame catcher Carlton | 28 |
| Catcher Carlton __, who famously homered to win Game 6 of the 1975 World Series | 79 |
| Carlton of baseball | 19 |
| Carlton of baseball | 20 |
| Baseball Hall-of-Famer Carlton | 30 |
| 1972 A.L. Rookie of the Year | 28 |
| Splitting | 9 |
| Energy producer | 15 |
| Atomic energy source | 20 |
| A splitting, as of atoms | 24 |
| Clenched hand | 13 |
| Pugilist's weapon | 21 |
| Boxer's weapon | 18 |
| Punch ingredient? | 17 |
| Handwriting | 11 |
| Ring weapon | 11 |
| Puncher | 7 |
| Punch ingredient | 16 |
| Menacing hand | 13 |
| Kind of fight | 13 |
| Hand with attitude? | 19 |
| Welterweight's weapon | 25 |
| Welterweight's tool | 23 |
| Stallone film | 13 |
| Revolutionary figure? | 21 |
| Punch server? | 13 |
| Pugilist's tool | 19 |
| One of two dukes | 16 |
| It may be pumped or bumped | 26 |
| Balled hand | 11 |
| You might make one before taking a swing | 40 |
| What Alice Cooper told us to raise in '87 | 45 |
| Symbol of solidarity | 20 |
| Symbol of belligerence | 22 |
| Stallone movie | 14 |
| Solidarity symbol | 17 |
| Pug's weapon | 16 |
| One of one's dukes | 22 |
| It's formed when clenched | 29 |
| It's clenched | 17 |
| It may be shaken in anger | 25 |
| Angry hand | 10 |
| A boxer makes it | 16 |
| You might make one before a swing | 33 |
| Word before fight | 17 |
| What Alice Cooper told you to raise in '87 | 46 |
| Weapon in the ring | 18 |
| Weapon for Tyson | 16 |
| Walcott's weapon | 20 |
| Threatening sign | 16 |
| This is sometimes clenched | 26 |
| Symbol of revolutionary power | 29 |
| Symbol of domination | 20 |
| Symbol of defiance | 18 |
| Stallone's union movie | 26 |
| Stallone film: 1978 | 19 |
| Slugger? (hint #1) | 18 |
| Sign used in printing | 21 |
| Sign in printing | 16 |
| Short hand? | 11 |
| Rock, in roshambo | 17 |
| Rock, in rock paper scissors | 28 |
| Robinson's weapon | 21 |
| Result of a clench | 18 |
| Punch source | 12 |
| Punch need | 10 |
| Punch deliverer | 15 |
| Pumped object, say | 18 |
| Printing sign | 13 |
| One pounder | 11 |
| Knuckle sandwich | 16 |
| Jewison film | 12 |
| Jawbreaker? | 11 |
| It's hard-hitting | 21 |
| It's closed for fighting | 28 |
| It may be mailed | 16 |
| It loses to an open hand in rock, paper, scissors | 49 |
| It lands the first punch | 24 |
| Hook deliverer | 14 |
| Holyfield weapon | 16 |
| Hand in glove? | 14 |
| Go all in with a hand? | 22 |
| Gang sandwich? | 14 |
| Finger clump | 12 |
| Fighting weapon | 15 |
| Dictator's symbol | 21 |
| Closed hand | 11 |
| Clenched weapon | 15 |
| Clenched item | 13 |
| Buster Douglas's weapon | 27 |
| Boxing-glove insert | 19 |
| Black Power symbol | 18 |
| Alice Cooper "Raise Your ___ and Yell" | 48 |
| "Put up your dukes" duke | 34 |
| Fighting with dukes? | 20 |
| "Yes!" accompanier | 28 |
| Dukes | 5 |