| ACTIUM | Promontory in western Greece off of which Octavian defeated Mark Antony in a naval battle in 31 BC |
| SALAMIS | Island in the Saronic Gulf that was the scene of a naval battle in 480 BC in which the Greeks defeated the Persians |
| MORESBY | In a naval battle in the Coral Sea, the US Navy prevented Japanese landings at Port ... in Papua |
| AGRIPPA | Roman statesman and general whose fleet defeated the forces of Antony and Cleopatra at the Battle of Actium in 31 BC (7) |
| LEPANTO | Port city of western Greece between the Gulfs of Corinth and Patras; site of a 1571 naval battle between the Ottoman Empire and the Holy League of Pope Pius V (7) |
| JUTLAND | Which peninsula of Northern Europe was the site of a naval battle in 1916 between the British and German fleets? (7) |
| MARCANTONY | Former member of the second triumvirate defeated by his brother-in-law Octavian at Actium in 31 BC (4.6) |
| SEAFIGHT | Somehow get a fish in a naval battle (3,5) |
| PATRAI | Regional capital in western Greece (pop about 170,000), founded around 300 BC (6) |
| LETSLIP | "Cry 'Havoc' and ___ ___ the dogs of war": Mark Antony, in Shakespeare's Julius Caesar (3,4) |
| CICERO | Marcus Tullius ___ (106-43 BC), Roman statesman and orator who denounced Mark Antony in the speeches known as the Philippics (6) |
| DOGS | "Cry Havoc! and let slip the _ of war": Mark Antony, in Julius Caesar (4) |
| HAVOC | "Cry '-!' and let slip the dogs of war". says Mark Antony in Shakespeare's Julius Caesar (5) |
| CLIFF | Slab of rock off of which Looney Tunes often sprint dramatically |
| BROTHER | Celebrity Big ___, reality TV show won by 14A, the spin-off of which he hosted for several years (7) |
| TSUSHIMA | A naval battle in the Russo-Japanese War (1905). |
| FLAGSHIP | Vessel in a naval squadron which carries the admiral or senior commander (8) |
| MARLONRANDO | Player of Mark Antony in 1953's "Julius Caesar" |
| COMEDY | Break code protecting Mark Antony in the end? You're expected to laugh at that! (6) |
| RACK | Unlikely thing off of which to buy haute couture |
