| LEUCTRA | Town in ancient Greece, site of a 371 B.C. victory by Thebes over Sparta (7) |
| ACTIUM | Town in ancient Greece that overlooked a naval battle in 31 BC (6) |
| LEPANTO | Port in west Greece; site of a 1571 naval battle (7) |
| TANAGRA | Town in ancient Boeotia, Greece, famous for its terracotta figurines of the same name (7) |
| NEMEA | Valley in Argolis, ancient Greece; site of a biennial athletic competition (5) |
| ELOBEID | City in central Sudan: scene of an 1883 victory by the Mahdi over a British and Egyptian army (2,5) |
| AVENGER | He exacts retribution in a victory by English queen (7) |
| WINSOME | Attractive victory by unspecified number of people (7) |
| EVASION | Outcry about securing victory by bit of audacious trickery (7) |
| SWINDLE | Pull a fast one with small victory by little margins (7) |
| VALIANT | Courageous victory by boxer against soldier (7) |
| ROBERTO | Horse ridden to victory by Lester Piggott in the 1972 Derby |
| WINKING | Victory by monarch with one eye closed (7) |
| DWINDLE | After key victory by duke, the French become weaker |
| WINGNUT | It secures victory by golf enthusiast (4,3) |
| GOMORRAH | Town in ancient Palestine destroyed with Sodom in the Old Testament for the wickedness of its inhabi |
| CRAN | This old measure of fresh herrings (equivalent to 371/2 gallons), with a berry, is a sauce ingredient (4) |
| CANNAE | Village in Italy that was scene of a victory by Hannibal over the Romans in 216 B.C. (6) |
| SHILOH | Town in ancient Palestine that was the keeping place of the tabernacle and the ark (6) |
| LATVIA | A republic that has a calling code of 371 (6) |
