### Clue: Stout men put up walls of lovely old college (4-4)
### Answer: ROLY-POLY 
 ### Explanation: Definition: Stout
A charade of RO, a reversal ('put up' in a down light) of OR (military 'men') plus LY ('walls of **L**ovel**Y**') plus POLY (polytechnic, 'old college').