| REDCROWNTAVERN | The ____ and Tourist Cabins in Missouri was the site of a 1933 gun battle, after which two members of Bonnie and Clyde's gang were captured or fatally wounded |
| IMIN | Gang member's "O.K." before a job |
| DAKOTA | Indigenous people after which two states are named |
| BATESMOTEL | Establishment with 12 cabins in a classic 1960 film |
| SHUTDOWN | Turn power off in various cabins in Newry? |
| FALKIRK | 1298 battle after which William Wallace resigned as Guardian of Scotland, The Battle of - (7) |
| MARATHON | Scene of 450 BC battle, after which a messenger ran to Athens with news of victory (8) |
| CLONTARF | Coastal suburb of Dublin associated with a 1014 battle after which Brian Boru was killed (8) |
| EADIE | Title lady of a 1933 Ethel Merman hit |
| FLUSH | Elizabeth Barrett Browning's spaniel; subject of a 1933 biography by Virginia Woolf (5) |
| TICKLED | Mo was in first place - that's caused amusement (7) |
| LEELIFESON | New park in the Willowdale neighbourhood of Toronto named in honour of the two members of Rush who g |
| ESCOBAR | Notorious Colombian drug lord who died in a gun battle on the roof tops of Medellin in 1993, Pablo . |
| NEDKELLY | Australian outlaw who wore a suit of armour in a final gun battle in Glenrowan, 1880 (3,5) |
| MCFLY | Band which has two members who have both won I'm A Celebrity, one in 2021 and one in 2024 (5) |
| TSO | "General ___ prolly ain't even have to fight no battles after the enemies tried his chicken" (joke in a viral tweet) |
| KINGKONG | Giant gorilla featured in a 1933 film and a 2005 remake: 2 wds. |
| SHOOTOUT | Tell the canvasser to skedaddle and have a gun battle (5,3) |
| SHENANDOAH | Ah, North and South had one desperate battle after another there in 1864 (10) |
| ABELINCOLN | Born in a one-room cabin in Kentucky, this lawyer was assassinated by John Wilkes Booth in 1865 (3,7 |