| PUNIC | Series of wars (264 BC to 146 BC), resulting in the ruin of Carthage (5) |
| CARTHAGE | Ancient city state of North Africa with which Rome fought the three Punic Wars (264-241 BC, 218-201 BC and 149-146 BC) (8) |
| TUNIS | Capital located near the ruins of Carthage |
| FAULT | Two consecutive illegal serves in tennis resulting in the server losing a point (6,5) |
| ENDER | Sci-fi character who's trained through a series of war games |
| WEARS | Has the attritional effect of wars out East (5) |
| PEACE | Getting the East into step for cessation of wars (5) |
| ELCID | Spanish soldier and hero of wars against the Moors (2,3) |
| OPIUM | Subject of wars of 1839-42 and 1856-60 |
| BOSWORTH | Site in England of a battle of the Wars of the Roses resulting in the death of Richard III (8) |
| HHOUR | Time of war's beginning |
| PUNICWARS | The Roman destruction of Carthage in 146 BC brought an end to these conflicts (5,4) |
| MATTERHORN | "King of Mountains" rising to 4,478 m, first climbed by Edward Whymper in 1865, resulting in the death of four of his crew on the way back down (10) |
| COD | Fish in a series of wars between the U.K. and Iceland |
| EBRO | Longest river entirely within Spain, used to divide the territories of Rome and Carthage following the First Punic War (264-241 BC) (4) |
| CRUSADES | Series of wars to recover the holy land |
| DOUBLEFAULT | Two incorrect services in succession in tennis resulting in the loss of a point (6,5) |
| ECTOPIC | Pregnancy resulting in the abnormal development of a fertilised egg outside the cavity of the uterus (7) |
| SOPHOCLES | Greek tragic dramatist of the 5th century BC to whom such innovations as the addition of a third actor and the use of painted scenery are attributed (9) |
| CORINTH | City state destroyed in 146 BC by Roman general Lucius Mummius in the process of defeating the Achaean League (7) |
