| RITESOFPASSAGE | Sieges of Sparta viewed as landmark events (5,2,7) |
| CAIRN | Heap of stones as landmark |
| CAIRNS | What are heaps of stones set up as landmarks, monuments, etc (6) |
| BOERWAR | Conflict that saw the sieges of Ladysmith and Kimberley |
| RITEOFPASSAGE | Told direction from corridor for landmark event (4,2,7) |
| SILVERJUBILEE | Rule evil jibes wrong for major landmark event (6,7) |
| MILESTONE | Landmark event |
| STGEORGESCROSS | This could be viewed as a plus sign for part of the UK (2,7,5) |
| SENSATIONALISM | Irresponsible reportage viewed as Neo-Stalinism? (14) |
| EDINBURGHCASTLE | Scottish landmark, scene of battles and sieges for 500 years (9,6) |
| EXEGESIS | Critical interpretation of former sieges (8) |
| DIARCHY | A system of co-rule such as the joint reign of Leonidas I and Leotychidas II of Sparta (7) |
| LEDA | Queen of Sparta, mother of Helen of Troy (4) |
| LEONIDAS | King of Sparta, hero of Battle of Thermopylae (8) |
| ONAGER | Medieval artillery used during sieges. |
| BOILINGOIL | Defensive weapon in old sieges |
| INVESTMENTS | Sieges that may provide considerable interest (11) |
| SEETO | Deal with sieges too at intervals (3,2) |
| ESPRINGAL | Mechanical device which launched large bolts and stones during sieges (9) |
| GORGO | This British sci-fi film monster of Godzilla vintage had the same name as the 5th century BCE queen of Sparta |
