| ACHILLES | In Greek mythology, the foremost of the Greek warriors at the siege of Troy, killed by Paris (8) |
| HECTOR | In classical mythology, the son of King Priam of Troy killed by Achilles (6) |
| ZEUS | The foremost of the ancient Greek gods (4) |
| AJAX | Greek warrior at Troy |
| CROCKETT | US frontier hero and politician killed at the siege of the Alamo in 1836 (4,8) |
| ODYSSEUS | Greek hero at the siege of Troy who was married to Penelope (8) |
| ALPHABET | Letters mixed up in this anagram of "Paul has to be the foremost of pillocks!" (8,4) |
| KHARTOUM | General Gordon died at the siege of this African city |
| LITTORAL | Coastal region enlightened the foremost of travellers speaking (8) |
| AGAMEMNON | In Greek mythology, a king of Mycenae who led the Greeks at the siege of Troy (9) |
| PRIAM | In Greek mythology, the last king of Troy, killed at its fall (5) |
| DAVY | US frontier hero and politician killed at the siege of the Alamo in 1836 (4,8) |
| PHALANX | A formation of ancient Greek warriors with interlocking shields; or, by extension, a dense body of soldiers; a crowd; a bone of a finger or toe; or, a bundle of stamens (7) |
| GORDON | Charles George ___, British general killed at the siege of Khartoum in 1885 (6) |
| CHROMATIC | With use of colour, Italian city's the foremost of these in stylishness |
| CART | Haywain, say, seen in the foremost of Constable's paintings? |
| CAERPHILLY | Weird race, the foremost of participants rolling cheese (10) |
| EGO | I turn on the foremost of ecclesiastics (3) |
| BIDET | Can cleaner offer earl the foremost of treatments? |
| BARS | Save the foremost of Serengeti watering-holes |
