| WORLDS | Wells' "War of the ___" |
| ROHIRRIM | The War Of The _, anime film in The Lord Of The Rings series (8) |
| ROSES | The Houses of Lancaster and York fought the War of the ___. (5) |
| TRIPOD | Alternative name for the 'monstrous' type of fighting- machine used by the Martians in H.G. Wells' The War of the Worlds (1898) |
| MARTIANS | Invaders of Earth in the H. G. Wells novel The War Of The Worlds (8) |
| TRIPODS | Fighting machines of the invaders in H. G. Wells' The War Of The Worlds (1898) (7) |
| HERBERT | First name of The War of the Worlds novelist Wells (7) |
| WAYNE | Jeff ---, American musician who released a musical version of HG Wells' The War Of The Worlds in 1978 (5) |
| MARTIAN | Invader in The War of the Worlds (H. G. Wells) |
| ORSON | Sounds like Wells of War of the Worlds fame (5) |
| HGS | War of the Worlds author Mr. Wells, et al. |
| WELLS | One of the UK's smallest cities; or, the author of The Time Machine, The Invisible Man and The War of the Worlds (5) |
| SEVENYEARSWAR | Which conflict is also known as the Silesian War, the War of the Conquest and the Third Carnatic War |
| MARENGO | Name of a battle during the War of the Second Coalition commemorated in the painting Napoleon Crossing the Alps by Jacques-Louis David (7) |
| TESLA | One of the subjects of the book "War of the Currents" |
| UTRECHT | The Treaty of ... in 1713 ended the War of the Spanish Succession (7) |
| HGWELLS | English novelist who wrote some of the earliest science fiction novels, such as The War of the Worlds. (1,1,5) |
| OUDENARDE | Battle of ?, July 1708 conflict in the War of the Spanish Succession that resulted in victory for the Allies over France (9) |
| MARLBOROUGH | 1st Duke of ---, title of John Churchill, English general who commanded British forces in the War of the Spanish Succession (11) |
| MARS | The other world in H.G. Wells's "The War of the Worlds" |
