| WOLFE | General James ____ died in the hour of victory, over the French at Quebec in 1759 |
| JAMESWOLFE | British general who died in the hour of victory when capturing Quebec from the French in 1759 |
| NAYLOR | Jac ___, died in the final episode of Holby City (6) |
| CINCODEMAYO | The anniversary of Mexico's victory over the French at Puebla in 1862, celebrated on May 5 (5,2,4) |
| STEEL | "Black ___ in the Hour of Chaos" (Public Enemy) |
| MONTCALM | General defeated at Quebec |
| CONQUER | Seize criminal at Quebec holding rand (7) |
| WINDCHILL | Cooling effect of victory over US capital knoll (4-5) |
| WIDEN | Increase extent of victory over gutless Dundee (5) |
| VANITY | Hollowness of victory over a dumb-ass Yankee |
| FIGHTFORBRITAIN | What General Wolfe's soldiers would do in the Battle of Quebec in 1759: 3 wds. |
| CRECY | The site of a decisive English victory over the French in the first decade of the Hundred Years' War (5) |
| VIGO | Port in Galicia, NW Spain, that was the site of a British and Dutch naval victory over the French and Spanish in 1702 (4) |
| NIGHTOWL | Someone up in the hours of darkness howling distractedly over time (5,3) |
| BLENHEIM | German village, scene of Marlborough's victory over the French and Bavarians in 1704 (8) |
| GUINNESS | Founder in 1759 of a brewery specialising in Irish dry stout; or, an actor who starred in The Bridge on the River Kwai and Lawrence of Arabia (8) |
| HYLEG | From Persian for "nativity", the ruling planet at the hour of one's birth, said to determine length of life (5) |
| AGINCOURT | Scene of important English victory over the French in 1415 (9) |
| POUTINE | Canadian dish of French fries covered with cheese curds and gravy, originating in Quebec in the 1950s (7) |
| PLAINSOFABRAHAM | Site of an important British victory during the Seven Years' War in Canada in 1759 (6,2,7) |
