| JUTLAND | Which peninsula of Northern Europe was the site of a naval battle in 1916 between the British and German fleets? (7) |
| SALAMIS | Island in the Saronic Gulf that was the scene of a naval battle in 480 BC in which the Greeks defeated the Persians |
| SCANDINAVIA | Peninsula of northern Europe occupied by Sweden and Norway (11) |
| KOLA | Peninsula of northern Europe |
| SEIZEDSEAS | Result of a naval battle? |
| SOMME | Scene of great battles in 1916 and 1918 (5) |
| GOSPORT | Town in Hampshire, on Portsmouth harbour, site of a naval base since the 16th Century (7) |
| LEPANTO | Port in Greece between the Gulfs of Corinth and Patras that was the scene of a 1571 naval battle in which the Turkish fleet was defeated by the fleets of the Holy League |
| TRAFALGAR | Cape on the SW coast of Spain, south of Cadiz, that was the scene of a decisive naval battle in 1805 in which Nelson was mortally wounded |
| ACTIUM | Promontory in western Greece off of which Octavian defeated Mark Antony in a naval battle in 31 BC ( |
| MORESBY | In a naval battle in the Coral Sea, the US Navy prevented Japanese landings at Port ... in Papua |
| TSUSHIMA | The ... Strait was the site of a major naval battle in May 1905 in the Russo-Japanese War (8) |
| KHYBER | The ... Pass through the Hindu Kush range was scene of bitter fighting between the British and Afghans from 1878-80 (6) |
| OPIUMWAR | Second _ _, colonial conflict of 1856-60, between the British and French empires and the Qing dynasty of China (5,3) |
| CRONUS | The son of Uranus and Ge. which of the Titans. his father, did Zeus dethrone to become ruler of the world? (6) |
| BOOTHIA | The Peninsula of northern Canada is the northernmost part of the mainland of North America (7) |
| ADMIRAL | From "lord of the sea" and "Saracen ruler", title of a naval commander or flag-officer; the master of a fishing fleet; or, a cone shell (7) |
| GIVEN | Assumed that the end of the war in Europe was part of a trap (5) |
| THEGREAT | Shorthand for the contest between the British and Russian empires over 19 (3,5,4) |
| GAME | Shorthand for the contest between the British and Russian empires over 19 (3,5,4) |
