| FIGHTTOAFINISH | Absurd, his hitting off a battle to the end (5,2,1,6) |
| DRAGRACING | Cart shortly setting off, a battle to accelerate |
| WARN | Sound the alarm when there is a battle to the north (4) |
| AWARE | Alert to a battle to the east (5) |
| UNAWARE | A battle to get a French female to come round, unconscious (7) |
| NOR | ". . . __ the battle to the strong": Ecclesiastes |
| CONSOMME | After the party, there's a battle to get soup |
| SEDAN | It was a battle to carry one in such a chair (5) |
| FORTRESS | Because of the lock, it's a battle to force entry here (8) |
| ENGAGEMENT | It's a battle to keep a promise (10) |
| TABLET | It's a battle to get the pill dissolved (6) |
| FIGHTFORAIR | Gasp "There's a battle to get broadcasting time" (5,3,3) |
| INGOLD | Helen Mirren biopic about a battle to reclaim an iconic painting, Woman ... (2,4) |
| ENGAGEMENTRING | Battle to call for a sign of commitment (10,4) |
| BLENHEIMORANGE | Fruit of battle to get round mountains (8,6) |
| EATMOREKALE | In 2014, a Vermont vegetable promoter won his battle to sell T-shirts bearing these three words, after Chick-fil-A had claimed they were too close to its own slogan |
| BLOWOUT | Battle to consume little, as a lot to eat |
| LEBANON | Lone battle to limit prohibition to the country (7) |
| ANTIETAM | Lincoln used the Union victory at this battle to release the Emancipation Proclamation |
| TAKESTHEFIELD | Goes into battle to skate round the rest of the runners (5,3,5) |
