| HGWELLS | The War Of The Worlds novelist (1,1,5) |
| HERBERT | First name of The War of the Worlds novelist Wells (7) |
| ALDOUS | 1932: Brave new World novelist Mr. Huxley |
| MARENGO | Name of a battle during the War of the Second Coalition commemorated in the painting Napoleon Crossing the Alps by Jacques-Louis David (7) |
| UTRECHT | The Treaty of - ended the War of the Spanish Succession (7) |
| MARTIAN | Invader in The War of the Worlds (H. G. Wells) |
| ELEANOR | She plays Amy in The War of the Worlds (7,9) |
| HEATRAY | Martian's weapon in "The War of the Worlds" |
| WELLS | One of the UK's smallest cities; or, the author of The Time Machine, The Invisible Man and The War of the Worlds (5) |
| WORLDS | The realism of Orson Welles' radio version of HG Wells' The War Of The ..., the story of a Martian i |
| OUDENARDE | The Battle of --- of 1708 in the War of the Spanish Succession resulted in victory for the Grand Alliance over the French (9) |
| SEVENYEARSWAR | Which conflict is also known as the Silesian War, the War of the Conquest and the Third Carnatic War |
| WAYNE | Jeff ---, composer of the TV-am theme tune as well as a musical version of The War Of The Worlds (5) |
| ORSON | First name of the actor and director remembered for Citizen Kane and his radio dramatisation of The War of the Worlds (5) |
| TRIPOD | Alternative name for the 'monstrous' type of fighting- machine used by the Martians in H.G. Wells' The War of the Worlds (1898) |
| VARGASLLOSA | Nobel Prize-winning (2010) Peruvian author of novels including La casa verde (1966; The Green House) and La guerra del fin del mundo (1981; The War of the End of the World) (6,5) |
| MARS | Home of the invaders in "The War of the Worlds" |
| FOREVERAUTUMN | Song, based on a melody that was written as a jingle for a Lego commercial, sung by Justin Hayward on the album Jeff Wayne's Musical Version of The War of the Worlds |
| FEAR | Emotion evoked by the radio broadcast of "The War of the Worlds" |
| MARLBOROUGH | The Duke of --was commander of British forces in the War of the Spanish Succession (11) |
