| MIXEDEMOTIONS | Conflict, and a hint to unraveling the puzzle's circled letters |
| BORDERDISPUTE | Root of territorial conflict, and a hint to this puzzle's perimeter |
| SPREADTHENEWS | Tell everyone about, as depicted by the puzzle's circled letters |
| CIVILWARS | Internal conflicts, and a hint to the ends of 17-, 23-, 36- and 51-Across |
| BROLIN | Josh who played the supervillain who collected the 117 Across (this supervillain is spelled out in the puzzle's circled squares) |
| DISSATISFACTION | Hindu practice in East Anglian town leading to conflict and unhappiness |
| SEARCHWARRANT | Seek conflict and shout for a legal document (6,7) |
| BURYTHEHATCHET | End the conflict and become friendly (4,3,7) |
| RUNDOWN | One day in conflict and confrontation ultimately leads to poor health (3-4) |
| EDWARDIAN | End upset about conflict and support returning in style of pre-war period |
| BULWARK | Volume about conflict and defence (7) |
| WARP | Abnormality in character produced by conflict and pressure |
| IRONWARE | Anger about running conflict and items that might be smelted for weapons |
| WARRANT | Conflict and declamation result in court order (7) |
| WARRANTED | Justified state of conflict and spoke angrily |
| AGREEDTODIFFER | Tolerated conflict and avarice in organising aid effort (6,2,6) |
| ARMADILLO | Ready for conflict and trouble about sick animal (9) |
| TRUCE | Right about start of conflict and its end maybe |
| CRIMEANWAR | Conflict and corruption ended by former Egyptian leader, Sadat (7,3) |
| RUNPROOF | Made to resist unraveling |
