| FOUGHT | The stronghold, we hear, went into action (6) |
| KNIGHT | The stronghold, one hears, went into action (6) |
| SOARED | A weapon, we hear, went high in the sky |
| DELVED | A large number went into action and researched intensively (6) |
| FORGOT | Neglected to go into the stronghold (6) |
| PUNJAB | In which region of India is the stronghold of the Sikh religion? (6) |
| CASTLE | Any one of the strongholds constructed on the orders of William the Conqueror (6) |
| FORT | The stronghold went into action, we hear (4) |
| UPKEEP | Cost of looking after something up on the stronghold |
| ENGEDI | 'David went up from thence, and dwelt in the strongholds of ' ** **** ' (1 Sam. 23:29) (2,4) |
| FLIBBERTIGIBBET | Frivolous person with French liberal and Bertie we hear went to the gallows (15) |
| UNTWINE | You, we hear, went in a roundabout way to disentangle |
| WRESTLED | Others, we hear, went in front despite having tussled (8) |
| SNAPPED | Lost control when the paparazzi went into action (7) |
| CRUSADER | Was it holy murder when he went into action? (8) |
| DEPARTED | Got going when some went into action (8) |
| DECIDED | Certain Spanish hero went into action (7) |
| LOUVAIN | French name of the Belgian town that was the stronghold of the dukes of Brabant in the Middle Ages (7) |
| FOREMOST | Some retreat into the stronghold - and they are the leaders (8) |
| EUROS | You, I hear, went inside sore, returning money (5) |
