| BANNOCKBURN | Battle which ended in June 1314, commemorated in 2/10 (11) |
| BIFURCATED | Confused cub rafted around island that was split in two (10) |
| GARYGILMORE | The Executioner's Song is Norman Mailer's account of this man's life, which ended before a Utah firing squad in 1977 (4,7) |
| DOVERPATROL | First World War navy unit commemorated in Kent, Calais and New York (5,6) |
| NATIONALSERVICE | Compulsory enlistment in the armed forces which ended in the UK in 1960 (8,7) |
| LONCHANEYJR | Actor born 2/10/1906 |
| WAR | Foyle's __, ITV drama which ended in 2015 (3) |
| APOLLO | Nasa space program which ended in 1972 |
| THEBILL | ITV police drama which ended in 2010 (3,4) |
| BILL | The _, long-running ITV police drama which ended in 2010 (4) |
| DORA | _ The Explorer, popular children's show which ended in 2019 (4) |
| TOPGEAR | Motoring magazine show which ended in 2022 (3,4) |
| WATERLOO | Napoleon Bonaparte's last battle, which took place in Belgium in June 1815 (8) |
| ARMAGEDDON | In the New Testament, scene of the battle which marks the end of the world (10) |
| ROUT | A battle which ends in a disorderly retreat by one side. (4) |
| CRECY | 1346 battle which established the longbow as a dominant weapon in Europe |
| MIDWAY | 1942 naval battle which marked the end of the Japanese advance in the Pacific (6) |
| HARWOOD | Which Australian poet is commemorated in the name of the prize awarded annually by island magazine and won in 2025 by Georgina Woods? (7) |
| BATTLEOFBANNOCKBURN | 1314 event where Robert the Bruce defeated Edward's army (6,2,11) |
| SEDAN | Town on the River Meuse which was the scene of a 1940 Second World War battle which began the German invasion of France (5) |
