Answer: duels

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DUELS

Formal fights

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They often have seconds

DUELS

Pacers' contests?

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Prearranged combats of old
DUELS
Pacers' engagements?
DUELSArgument settlers of old
DUELSGoes mano a mano (with)
DUELSEvents that take seconds
DUELSThey take seconds
DUELSOccasions for seconds
DUELSFace-offs with guns or swords
DUELSBack-to-back fights?
DUELSOutlawed combats
DUELSOne-on-one fights
DUELSSwashbucklers' skirmishes
DUELSOne-on-ones
DUELSLightsaber battles
DUELSDrawing contests?
DUELSPistol fights, perhaps
DUELSBack-to-back competitions?
DUELSActions in Flynn films
DUELSAffairs of honor
DUELSCombats
DUELSOne-on-one affairs
DUELSMacho matches
DUELSOne-on-one contests
DUELSSworded affairs
DUELSGoes one-on-one with
DUELSPrearranged combats
DUELSSworded affairs?
DUELSFace-offs
DUELSOne-on-one combats
DUELSPolitical debates, often
DUELSCombats of honor
DUELSWhere seconds count
DUELSCombatants once used 50 paces for these
DUELSFights
DUELSOld-fashioned argument enders
DUELSFight settlers
DUELSThey're often scheduled at noon