| IWOJIMA | James visits Iowa, terrible scene of battle (3,4) |
| INCENSE | Make cross in terrible scene (7) |
| DESCEND | Religious man finds terrible scene inside sink (7) |
| SECRECY | Covert activity in south east, near scene of battle |
| ESCHEW | Avoid end of terrible scene with axe (6) |
| CRIMEA | Violation of the law near a scene of battle (6) |
| DOOMANDGLOOM | Terrible scene, woven on goddam weaving device (4,3,5) |
| SENTENCED | Making terrible scene, tend to be condemned (9) |
| PASS | Thermopylae: mountain ___ in Greece, scene of battle |
| PHILIPPI | Scene of battle in Julius Caesar (8) |
| FIELD | Distraught, I fled the scene of battle (5) |
| ARENA | An age going back to the scene of battle (5) |
| YPRES | Observe retreating round about scene of battle (5) |
| SEDGEMOOR | Stone circles in Home Counties thoroughfare recalled scene of battle |
| ISSUS | Ancient town in South Asia Minor, scene of battle in 333BC (5) |
| COMBAT | Device with teeth on the scene of battle (6) |
| PRESTONPANS | Swings by Lancashire city, scene of battle long ago (11) |
| RETREATS | Moves away from the scene of battle (8) |
| OTTERBURN | Village in Northumberland, scene of battle in 1388 (9) |
| SOMME | Scene of battle, approxi mately claiming a million (5) |
