| SWARD | Fighting in the outskirts of Stamford for such an area of land (5) |
| SOMME | A river in Northern France; the scene of heavy fighting in the First World War (5) |
| SAUER | 173 kilometre river which flows through Belgium, Luxembourg and Germany; scene of severe fighting in the Battle of the Bulge during World War II (5) |
| DROVE | (Of cows, sheep, etc.) to consume the vegetation on an area of land (5) |
| NACRE | Valuable material in an area of land on far side of mountain |
| OCEAN | Canoe unsuitable for such an amount of water (5) |
| TRACT | Pamphlet about an area of land? (5) |
| POSER | Bill has no time for such an exhibitionist (5) |
| HYENA | Carnivore longing to occupy an area of land |
| SOLOMON | Some of the most savage fighting in the Pacific in WWII occurred over the British protectorate of the ... Islands |
| WHITEBLOODCELLS | The cold will be so productive for infection fighting in the body (5,5,5) |
| HARDRADA | Harald - - -, King of Norway who died at the Battle of Stamford Bridge in 1066 (8) |
| PERIMETER | The whole of the outer edge or boundary of an area of land (9) |
| NOGO | In such an area, do a number get shot? (2-2) |
| TOSTIG | Brother of Harold II, by whom he was defeated at the Battle of Stamford Bridge (6) |
| OKINAWA | The largest of Japan's Ryukyu Islands, the scene of heavy fighting in the Second World War (7) |
| SMOLENSK | City in western Russia on the Dnieper River; scene of severe fighting in the Second World War |
| MARTIALART | Wrestling with a painting of those fighting in the GPO in 1916, for one (7,3) |
| AIRFIELD | An area of land set aside for the take-off and landing of planes (8) |
| ALPINE | 20 is such an area, to give one penal reform (6) |
