| TRAFALGAR | Naval battle (1805), where the Royal Navy defeated the French and Spanish fleets (9) |
| ENG | Its navy defeated the Spanish Armada: abbr. |
| HORATIONELSON | British admiral who defeated the French and Spanish at the Battle of Trafalgar: 2 wds. |
| RAMILLIES | Village in Belgium where the Duke of Marlborough defeated the French in a 1706 battle (9) |
| OUDENARDE | Battle of 1708 in which British and Austrian troops under Marlborough and Prince Eugene defeated the French |
| AGINCOURT | 1415 battle at which the English defeated the French (9) |
| GINPALACE | Where the Royals do their drinking? (3,6) |
| LANGUAGES | French and Spanish, e.g. |
| LOUISIANA | French and Spanish agreements on article in LA state |
| 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) |
| ARMADILLO | Spanish fleet casting adrift a sick old animal (9) |
| POITIERS | French city that was the scene of the 1356 battle in which the English under the Black Prince defeated the French (8) |
| ANDORRAN | Stuck between the French and Spanish, genetic material turned gold and bolted (8) |
| CRECY | Village in France that was the scene of the first decisive battle of the Hundred Years' War when the English defeated the French in 1346 |
| EDWARD | King of England whose army defeated the French force under Philip Vi at the Battle of Crecy, where his son the Black Prince acquired the emblem of three white feathers (6) |
| PLAY | Drama programme's first seen by the French and Spanish (4) |
| ISABELLA | One's second child, the French and Spanish queen (8) |
| OLE | 'Nothing,' the French and Spanish cry (3) |
| ABOUKIRBAY | Site of the Battle of the Nile in which Nelson defeated the French (7,3) |
| NORFOLK | Location of Sandringham, the country estate in England where The Royal Family traditionally spends Christmas |