| SIEGES | Tactics at Troy and Leningrad |
| STALL | Use delaying tactics at the point of sale (5) |
| BRILLIANT | Great boxer's disheartened by rough bloke's tactics at first (9) |
| SQUEEZE | A tactic at bridge or squash |
| HIGHBUDPRESSURE | Aggressive sales tactic at the flower shop? |
| ATTIC | A jerk screening Troy and Room at the Top |
| SIEGE | Military blockade, as seen at Leningrad, Yorktown and Ladysmith (5) |
| SAINTPETERSBURG | City once known as Leningrad and Petrograd (5,10) |
| TETCHY | Cross with Troy and Mark at journey's end (6) |
| AENEAS | In classical mythology, a Trojan prince who escaped the sack of Troy and sailed to Italy via Carthage and Sicily |
| TUSCANY | Found in Italy, Troy and America (California and New York) (7) |
| HELENUS | In Greek mythology, the son of King Priam and Queen Hecuba of Troy, and the twin brother of the prophetess Cassandra |
| HECUBA | The wife of King Priam of Troy, and mother of Hector and Paris |
| BANA | Actor Eric of "Troy" and "Hulk" |
| DIANE | Troy and National Treasure star, ... Kruger (5) |
| ROSEBYRNE | Troy and Bridesmaids actress (4,5) |
| PREHISTORY | Devastate Troy and perish? It happened long ago |
| GEOMETRY | Maths subject, for example, upset Troy and me badly |
| DESTROYED | Devastated Des, Troy and Ed (9) |
| ABED | "Community" fictional talk show "Troy and ___ in the Morning!" |
