| GULFWAR | Conflict that resulted in the withdrawal of Iraq from Kuwait in 1991 (4,3) |
| DESERTSTORM | What codename was given to the military operation to eject the Iraqi army from Kuwait in 1991? (6,5) |
| SADDAM | Mr. Hussein, president of Iraq from 1979 (6) |
| VIETNAM | South East Asian nation which forced the withdrawal of US forces supporting its southern regime in the independence war of the sixties |
| KRUGER | Politician whose demands for the withdrawal of British troops from Transvaal frontiers precipitated the Boer War (6) |
| BRETTON | & 25A Venue in New Hampshire, US, of a 1944 conference that resulted in the establishment of the World Bank |
| COLDWAR | The global conflict that, among other things, resulted in the Internet (4,3) |
| GODSPEED | One of the three ships on the voyage to the New World that resulted in the founding of Jamestown |
| SAMUELADAMS | Author of the 1768 Massachusetts Circular Letter that resulted in the occupation of Boston by the Br |
| RETREAT | Place of refuge or privacy; or, the withdrawal by a military force from a place of danger (7) |
| MAGELLAN | Portuguese explorer who led and organised part of the expedition that resulted in the first circumnavigation of Earth before he was killed in a skirmish (8) |
| WOODS | Venue in New Hampshire, US, of a 1944 conference that resulted in the establishment of the World Bank (7,5) |
| GLORIOUS | The so-called ___ Revolution that resulted in the accession of William and Mary to the throne (8) |
| ALGERIA | African country where a 1954-1962 uprising resulted in the end of French rule (7) |
| PLASSEY | Battle of ?, 1757 conflict that saw victory for the British East India Company under Robert Clive over the Nawab of Bengal (7) |
| BOERWAR | Conflict that involved the British capture of Johannesburg in 1900 |
| AIRLIFT | Akshay Kumar's 2016 film; dramatic evacuation of Indians from Kuwait after its invasion by Saddam Hussein's forces |
| VANGOGH | Artist whose row with Paul Gauguin resulted in the severed-ear incident (3,4) |
| OUDENARDE | Battle of ?, July 1708 conflict in the War of the Spanish Succession that resulted in victory for the Allies over France (9) |
| ATHWART | Conflict that shifts from one side to the other (7) |
