| YPRES | Near which Belgian town were major battles fought in 1914, 1915 and 1917? (5) |
| LISSA | (Old name of) Adriatic island giving its name to two naval battles fought in 1811 and 1866 (5) |
| NASEBY | First major battle fought by the New Model Army |
| SHREWSBURY | The location of one of England's bloodiest battles, fought in 1403, in which Henry 'Hotspur' Percy d |
| STENGUN | Weapon whose chief designers were Major Reginald V Shepherd and Harold Turpin |
| PASHAS | They were major in Asia Minor |
| LIONS | Which international club began in Chicago in 1917? (5) |
| HOLST | Which English composer of operas, orchestral and chamber music wrote The Planets (1917)? (5) |
| SOMME | Major First World War battle fought in France in 1916(5) |
| MARNE | Tributary of the Seine, scene of two major battles of WWI (5) |
| ELISE | Which Belgian won the women's doubles event at Wimbledon 2025? (5) |
| BERRY | Fruit in Lancashire town, we're told (5) |
| GHOUL | Evil spirit in East Yorkshire town, we're told (5) |
| ANZIO | City on Italy's west coast, site of a major battle when Allied forces landed there in 1944 (5) |
| EDINBURGH | This Scottish capital city's aesthetic and political heart still lies in its small historic core, comprising the Old Town and the New Town. The medieval Old Town and the Neoclassical New Town were des |
| SPA | Which Belgian town lent its name to mineral springs in general? (3) |
| FLODDENFIELD | Battle fought in 1513 between Scotland and England in which James IV died (7,5) |
| ERNESTANSERMET | Which professor of mathematics conducted Diaghilev's Russian Ballet in 1915 and later founded L'Orch |
| BILLIEHOLIDAY | Jazz and blues singer born in 1915 and known as Lady Day (6,7) |
| FLODDEN | Battle fought in Northumberland in 1513 in which James IV of Scotland was the last British monarch to die in battle (7) |
