| ISSUS | Situated near modern Iskenderun, Turkey, which ancient Cilician town has seen three battles, one of |
| TARSUS | Bones in the ancient Cilician capital |
| UNION | George Russell battles one in "The Gilded Age" |
| TAURUS | Containing the Cilician Gates, which mountain range in southern Turkiye contains Aladag Mountain? (6) |
| YPRES | Nicknamed "Wipers" by British troops, Belgian town that was the site of three battles of the First World War including one during the Race to the Sea (5) |
| ANATOLIA | Region of Turkey which is the westernmost part of Asia (8) |
| MARMARA | Body of water in Turkey which divides Europe from Asia, the Sea of ... |
| TROJANS | Inhabitants of an ancient city in present-day Turkey which was repeatedly destroyed and rebuilt over 4000 years (7) |
| NINEVEH | Ancient city which was located near modern Mosul in Iraq (7) |
| TROY | Legendary ancient city, in present-day Turkey, which seems to have really existed (4) |
| QUEBEC | City that was the site of three battles in the Seven Years' War |
| ARARAT | Mountain in Turkey which is the supposed resting place of Noah's Ark (6) |
| DROPDOWNMENU | Options at the top of a computer window ... as seen three times in this puzzle? |
| PICKLEBALL | Sports craze of the 2020s ... as seen three times in this grid? |
| AL | Sports craze of the 2020s ... as seen three times in this grid? |
| POMPEII | An ancient Roman city, located near modern Naples |
| KNOSSOS | Centre of Minoan civilisation, near modern-day Heraklion (7) |
| CARTHAGE | Ancient city in north Africa, near modern day Tunis (8) |
| OTOS | Natives who met Lewis and Clark near modern-day Council Bluffs |
| ALP | Mountain from the highest chain in Europe, and up which a subject of this week's Miscellany may be seen (3) |
