| STARE | Compete in a battle of wills |
| RIVALRY | Larry takes four out in a battle of wills (7) |
| FREEFORALL | Anyone can join in a battle of wills, say (4-3-3) |
| TSUSHIMA | Name of the archipelago off the coast of southeastern Japan in the Korea Strait. In 1905 a Russian fleet was defeated by Japan in a battle of the same name, which took place north of the islands. (8) |
| OUTSMARTS | Gets the better of in a battle of wits |
| SHE | One side in a battle of the sexes |
| DRUMSET | Group beaten in a battle of the bands? |
| FRETOFFENSIVE | Harry Guitarists' push in a battle of the bands? |
| FRIGHT | The first rule in a battle of fear (6) |
| CAGEYENEMY | Lettered adversary in a battle of wits? |
| DUELLER | One engaged in a battle of honour (7) |
| OUTSMART | Defeat in a battle of wits |
| SPAR | Engage in a battle of wits |
| BOSWORTH | Site in England of a battle of the Wars of the Roses resulting in the death of Richard III (8) |
| PARTS | From "division, portion", word for a body of adherents; company of people; detachment of troops; side in a battle, game, lawsuit or other contest; a political group; or, a beano, bun fight or other so |
| MARENGO | Horse ridden by Napoleon Bonaparte during a battle of the same name in Italy; or, a chicken, egg and crayfish dish named after such (7) |
| SOMME | River of northeast France, scene of a battle of World War I (5) |
| DEANMARTIN | Described in 1964 America as a "battle of the generations", which singer knocked the Beatles' A Hard Day's Night off the No 1 spot? (4,6) |
| BLACKANDBLUESHEEP | Result of a battle of bighorns? |
| TEST | A ___ of wills |
