| YPRES | Nicknamed "Wipers" by British troops, Belgian town that was the site of three battles of the First World War including one during the Race to the Sea (5) |
| LOUVAIN | French name of the Belgian town that was the stronghold of the dukes of Brabant in the Middle Ages (7) |
| MONS | Belgian town that was the scene of the first battle of the British Expeditionary Force in World War I |
| QUEBEC | City that was the site of three battles in the Seven Years' War |
| SWOOPES | Sheryl who was the first W.N.B.A. player to have a signature shoe |
| WORLD | The first W of WWW |
| DOLLY | Reportedly the first W in genetic engineering? (5,3,5) |
| AMRITSAR | Indian city in the Punjab that was the site of a 1919 massacre by British troops (8) |
| AISNE | French river that was the site of three W.W. I battles |
| ARGONNE | Battles of the Meuse-___ were a major part of the Allies' final offensive in the First World War (7) |
| AGINCOURT | One of the best-known battles of the Hundred Years' War, famous for its widespread use of the Iongbow (9) |
| VERDUN | City in the Meuse department of northeastern France, site of the longest and largest battle of the First World War (6) |
| STOWONTHEWOLD | Gloucestershire town, site of the final battle of the first English Civil War (4-2-3-4) |
| AIRCRAFT | The sort of naval vessel significant in the great Pacific battles of WWII, including Pearl Harbor, Midway and the Battle of the Coral Sea; the ... carrier |
| BLIGHTY | From Urdu for "foreign, European" a word, first used by British troops in India, for England, later extending into the First Word War to mean a wound necessitating one's return home (7) |
| SOMME | With a loss of around 58,000 British troops, name of a First World War battle which was one of the b |
| LAKEPLACID | New York town that was the site of the 1980 Olympic "Miracle on Ice" (4,6) |
| PALESTINE | East ___, Ohio town that was the site of a 2023 train derailment that released hazardous chemicals |
| KHAKI | From Persian for "dust", a dull brownish-yellow material first used for uniforms by British troops in India in the 1840s; or, said cloth's colour (5) |
| GIZA | Egyptian city on the west bank of the River Nile and site of three Great Pyramids (4) |
