| GALLIPOLI | A peninsula in North West Turkey, the scene of an unsuccessful Allied campaign in 1915 (9) |
| SAROS | The Gulf of -- is an inlet of the Aegean in north west Turkey north of the Gallipoli Peninsula (5) |
| EDIRNE | City in north west Turkey formerly known as Adrianople (6) |
| DARDANELLES | Narrow north-west Turkey strait known in antiquity as the Hellespont (11) |
| BAYOFPIGS | Scene of an unsuccessful invasion of Cuba by a CIA-backed group in 1961 (3,2,4) |
| ONTHESPOT | At the scene of an event |
| THELIZARD | A peninsula in southwest Cornwall (3,6) |
| PROMOTION | Campaign in favour of proposal (9) |
| RAMANDEEP | Indian all-rounder who made his IPL debut with Mumbai Indians in 2022 and later contributed to Kolkata Knight Riders' title-winning campaign in 2024.?(First Name) (9) |
| GLASSWARE | Young woman joins campaign in, for example, sending up Waterford (9) |
| BAJACALIFORNIA | An arid mountainous peninsula in north-west Mexico, or the Mexican state, capital Mexicali (4,10) |
| BARNSTORM | *Campaign in rural areas |
| GETTYSBURG | Pennsylvanian town; the scene of an 1863 battle crucial to the outcome of the American Civil War (10) |
| SOMME | River and department in France, known as the scene of an extended battle in the first world war (5) |
| ATHOS | A mountain and peninsula in north-east Greece, the site of 20 monasteries (5) |
| OMDURMAN | City in the Sudan that was the scene of an 1898 victory for Lord Kitchener's forces |
| CRIMEA | A peninsula in East Europe, between the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov (6) |
| YUCATAN | A peninsula in Mexico that separates the Gulf of Mexico from the Caribbean Sea (7) |
| QATAR | A state in eastern Arabia, occupying a peninsula in the Persian Gulf (5) |
| TARSUS | Ancient capital of Cilicia in modern- day Turkey; the birthplace of St Paul (6) |
