| BALACLAVA | Battle of ---, part of the Siege of Sevastopol during the Crimean War, featuring the Charge of the Light Brigade (9) |
| ESCAPETOVICTORY | 1981 film about Allied prisoners of war featuring Michael Caine, Sylvester Stallone, Bobby Moore, Osvaldo Ardiles and Pele |
| IKKIS | War drama based on 1971 Indo-Pak war featuring a Param Vir Chakra recipient. (5) |
| CARDIGAN | Earl who led the Charge of the Light Brigade during the Crimean War (8) |
| ODYSSEY | A Greek epic poem, attributed to Homer, describing the ten-year homeward wanderings of a hero of the siege of Troy (7) |
| VICTORIA | In 1942 the last of the metal of the Russian gun captured at Sevastopol was used in manufacturing the medals of the ... Cross |
| FLORENCE | And 19 English nurse whose work during the Crimean War laid the foundations of modern nursing (8,11) |
| INKERMAN | 1854 battle during the Crimean War in which British and French forces defeated the Russians (8) |
| BALAKLAVA | Settlement on the Crimean Peninsula within the city of Sevastopol (9) |
| ILIAD | The first person to dial up a description of the siege of Troy |
| TOLEDO | Site of the Siege of the AlcAzar |
| ODYSSEUS | Mythical king of Ithaca, hero of the siege of Troy (8) |
| MARYSEACOLE | The Jamaican nurse who was belatedly honoured for her nursing achievements, particularly during the Crimean War (4,7) |
| SALVO | Getting poets out of Sevastopol - the military would be capable of that (5) |
| CRETE | Site of the siege of Candia |
| SEVASTOPOL | Which Ukraine city sustained an 11-month siege during the Crimean War? (10) |
| SCUTARI | Former name for Uskudar near Istanbul, where Florence Nightingale worked during the Crimean War (7) |
| USKUDAR | District in Istanbul formerly Scutari, where Florence Nightingale nursed during the Crimean War (7) |
| STOP | Jack in part of Sevastopol (4) |
| ALDERSHOT | Hampshire town, established as major military base during the Crimean War (9) |
