| MOVIESTAR | Big player in battle in Balkan city (5,4) |
| LEDGIANTS | *Big players in little bulbs? |
| PODGORICA | Balkan city, now a capital, that was known as Titograd from 1946-1992 |
| MACEDONIA | A comedian performs in Balkan region |
| NASSER | Big player in the Suez Crisis |
| NOKIA | Onetime big player in cell phones |
| NINTENDO | No plan to stop big player in games (8) |
| FLEER | Former big player in trading cards |
| HASBRO | Big player in games keeps ball rolling |
| IZOD | Big player in the polo field? |
| STATEDEPARTMENT | Leave in middle of declaration by big players in Washington (5,10) |
| BRAND | see 23dn, Very big player making good money: 'Chuck a pound in' (6,5)Very big player making good money: 'Chuck a pound in' (6,5) |
| GLOBAL | and 8ac, Very big player making good money: 'Chuck a pound in' (6,5)Very big player making good money: 'Chuck a pound in' (6,5) |
| OMDURMAN | One who represents us (in Havana?) when doctor is captured in battle in Sudan |
| UZI | Gun first used in battle in 1956 |
| PRISTINE | Unspoilt Balkan city lacking a leader in enterprise (8) |
| SKOPJE | Balkan city where Mother Teresa was born in August 1910 (6) |
| PLANTAGENET | Royal house that held the English throne from 1154 until Richard III was killed in battle in 1485 (11) |
| RICHARD | Name of three English kings including the last English monarch to die in battle, in 1485 (7) |
| GLOBALBRAND | Very big player making good money: 'Chuck a pound in' |
