| MIGHT | "Never yield to force; never yield to the apparently overwhelming _ of the enemy." (Winston Churchill) (5) |
| CASABLANCACONFERENCE | In which January 1943 meeting, named after the city in which it was held, did Roosevelt and Churchil |
| GRAINY | Gritty leaders of Germany, Romania and Italy never yield (6) |
| SABOTEUR | One who destroys the property or disrupts the operations of the enemy in wartime (8) |
| VICTORIA | Awarded 'For Valour' in the face of the enemy, The ... Cross |
| ATLANTICSTANDARDTIME | In Barbados, say, how you'd get the measure of the enemy? |
| IDES | Silver orfes; or, according to the Roman calendar, a mid-month or full moon day, such as the apparently doomed one, falling on March 15 (4) |
| DIANA | 'HERE SHE IS! That Eye-Filling Gasp-Provoking BLONDE BOMBSHELL!' shrieked the publicity for Yield To The Night starring ... Dors |
| ABSTAINER | "A weak person who yields to the temptation of denying himself a pleasure" according to Ambrose Bierce |
| BETRAYS | Gives over into the hands of the enemy |
| FLOE | Frozen field left in the grip of the enemy |
| WATERY | Cautious to let in leaders of the enemy, being weak |
| WATER | Capturing leaders of the enemy in conflict as basis for solution, often (5) |
| INVASION | They have a vision in North America of the enemy coming in (8) |
| GUILDENSTERN | Courtier recruited with 28 too spy on the apparently insane Hamlet (12) |
| INDULGE | Yield to the wishes of another (7) |
| SUBMIT | Yield to the control of another (6) |
| COMPLY | Yield to the wishes of another (6) |
| SURRENDER | Stop fighting in a war and yield to the enemy (9) |
| DEFER | Yield to the wishes of another person (5) |
