| TENEDOS | In Greek mythology, the base of the Greek fleet during the siege of Troy (7) |
| AULIS | Port town of ancient Greece from which the Greek fleet is said to have sailed for the siege of Troy (5) |
| NELSON | Horatio, British naval hero who lost sight in his right eye during the siege of Calvi in Corsica in 1794 (6) |
| NIMITZ | Chester, Commander in Chief of the US Pacific Fleet during the Second World War (6) |
| AEGEANSEA | It held up the Greek fleet on its way to Troy |
| BENEDICTI | Pope during the siege of Rome by Lombards |
| REPULSE | HMS ---, name of at least 12 vessels in the Royal Navy's fleet during its history |
| ODYSSEY | A Greek epic poem, attributed to Homer, describing the ten-year homeward wanderings of a hero of the siege of Troy (7) |
| TRIREME | Part of an old Greek fleet |
| ACHILLES | In Greek mythology, the foremost of the Greek warriors at the siege of Troy, killed by Paris (8) |
| AGAMEMNON | In Greek mythology, a king of Mycenae who led the Greeks at the siege of Troy (9) |
| ILIAD | Epic attributed to the ancient Greek poet Homer about the siege of Troy (5) |
| ODYSSEUS | Mythical king of Ithaca, hero of the siege of Troy (8) |
| AEGEAN | What held up Greek fleet en route to Troy? |
| AJAX | Great Greek warrior in the siege of Troy (4) |
| THEILIAD | Ancient Greek epic poem describing the siege of Troy (3,5) |
| LONGTERM | The siege of Troy, for instance, producing protracted interest! (4-4,10) |
| INVESTMENT | The siege of Troy, for instance, producing protracted interest! (4-4,10) |
| TROJAN | Siege of Troy, the ___ war |
| CATAPULT | Siege of Troy weapon |
