| HAROLD | King of England defeated at the Battle of Hastings (6) |
| UKRAINE | Country that England defeated in the quarterfinals of Euro 2020 in Rome (7) |
| TOSTIG | Brother of Harold II, by whom he was defeated at the Battle of Stamford Bridge (6) |
| GODWINSON | Harold ---, also called Harold II, defeated at the Battle of Hastings (9) |
| CHARLIE | Bonnie Prince -; a nickname of the Young Pretender immortalised in the Skye Boat Song who led the Jacobite uprising but was defeated at the Battle of Culloden (7) |
| EDWARDII | The king whose army was defeated at the Battle of Bannockburn (6,2) |
| SENLAC | Sussex hill that was the site of the Battle of Hastings (6) |
| NORMAN | From the era following the Battle of Hastings (6) |
| DARIUS | ___ I, king of Persia defeated at Marathon in 490 BC (6) |
| DLII | Year the Ostrogoths were defeated at the Battle of Taginae |
| BAYEUX | Tapestry depicting the Battle of Hastings (6) |
| GATES | Horatio ?, British-born US general defeated at the Battle of Camden in 1780 (5) |
| NAPOLEON | French emperor, defeated at the battle of Waterloo (8) |
| NAPOLEAN | Which French general was defeated at the Battle of Waterloo (8) |
| SUSSEX | English county where the Battle of Hastings was fought |
| HOOKER | Civil war general defeated at Chancellorsville by Robert E. Lee |
| ANTONY | He was defeated at Actium |
| LANCED | Defeated at a joust |
| PIPPEDATTHEPOST | Philip, quiet man, getting at the Pole defeated at the last moment (6,2,3,4) |
| EASTSUSSEX | County in the south of England; site of The Battle of Hastings (4,6) |