| GOTTERDAMMERUNG | Ultimate defeat of the gods in German mythology (15) |
| WOTAN | Supreme god in German mythology (5) |
| BORU | King of Ireland killed during the defeat of the Danes at the battle of Clontarf in 1014 (5,4) |
| BRIAN | King of Ireland killed during the defeat of the Danes at the battle of Clontarf in 1014 (5,4) |
| SEDGEMOOR | A low-lying plain in Central Somerset, scene of the defeat of the Duke of Monmouth in 1685 (9) |
| ELIZABETHI | Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn's daughter whose reign as the last Tudor monarch saw the defeat of the Spanish Armada and execution of Mary, Queen of Scots (9,1) |
| FROBISHER | Sir Martin, the maritime explorer who played a major role in the defeat of the Spanish Armada (9) |
| HASTINGS | William the Conqueror's defeat of the Saxons in 1066 (8) |
| PLATAEA | A defeat of the Persian army by the Greeks in 479 BC. |
| NIBELUNG | Member of a race of treasure-hoarding dwarfs in German mythology traditionally ruled by Alberich (8) |
| ALESIA | The siege of this fortified settlement led to Julius Caesar's final defeat of the Gauls (6) |
| FIREDRAKE | Dragon in German mythology that keeps guard over treasure (9) |
| LYSANDER | Spartan general whose defeat of the Athenians bought an end to the Peloponnesian War (8) |
| WATERLOO | Final, crushing defeat of the modern toilet? (8) |
| ROUT | Utter defeat of the army as Amy sees it (4) |
| KOBOLD | In German mythology, a mischievous household sprite or one who haunts underground places such as mines (6) |
| COCKEDHAT | It'll keep you covered in location of ultimate defeat? |
| ELOBEID | City in the central Sudan that was scene of the defeat of a British and Egyptian army by the Mahdi in 1883 (2,5) |
| GIDEON | Leader in a defeat of Midianite raiders in the book of Judges |
| STING | To sing about ultimate defeat can hurt (5) |
