| LEUCTRA | Commanded by Epaminondas, where, in 371 BC, did the Thebans defeat the Spartans and thus create a new power in the Hellenic world? (7) |
| NCAA | Org. with Spartans and Trojans |
| GREEKS | Spartans and Athenians, eg (6) |
| BASIC | Graduate thus creates computer language (5) |
| MONASTIC | Spartan and seclusive |
| HARSH | Spartan and ruthless |
| ALCIBIADES | Athenian statesman and general in the Peloponnesian War who defected to the Spartans in 415, but returned and led the victories at Abydos and Cyzicus |
| LYSANDER | Commander of the Spartan fleet that defeated the Athenians in the Hellespont in 405 BC (8) |
| CRICKETSTUMPS | The three vertical rods which support the bails - a bowler's aim is to defeat the batsman and send these flying in a Test (7,6) |
| HONSHU | The largest of the four main islands of Japan. It forms a northeast-southwest arc extending about 800 miles (1,287 km) and varies greatly in width. (6) |
| ULTRA | The WWII codebreakers who used the Colossus to defeat the German Enigma machine called the material they gathered by this code name |
| MSU | The Spartans of the N.C.A.A. |
| HELEN | Wife of the Spartan king Menelaus in Greek mythology, usually said to be the daughter of Zeus and Leda (5) |
| CRAN | This old measure of fresh herrings (equivalent to 371/2 gallons), with a berry, is a sauce ingredient (4) |
| GAMESIX | When the Blue Jays would defeat the Philadelphia Phillies to win the World Series in Toronto on October 23, 1993: Two words. |
| ATHENIANS | Main opponents of the Spartans in the Peloponnesian War |
| LATVIA | A republic that has a calling code of 371 (6) |
| RIOJA | Wine produced in a NE region of Spain (5) |
| ERITREA | English ceremony involving king, and a NE African state (7) |
| AQUITAINE | Excellent being on leave in a NE region of France |
