| PSY | With 123 Down, a battle between propaganda machines |
| WAR | A battle between propaganda machines |
| CHESS | From the Persian for "king", a game whose ancestor, chaturanga, took the form of a battle between chariots, elephants, horses and infantry (5) |
| MARATHON | A battle - between long-distance runners |
| NIELSEN | Carl ____'s fourth symphony, "The Inextinguishable", includes a "battle" between two timpanists |
| DUEL | A battle between two people (4) |
| NASEBY | Site of a battle between Cavaliers and Roundheads (6) |
| IPSUS | Which ancient village in central Asia Minor, in Phrygia, was the scene of a battle between the succe |
| THERMOPYLAE | This pass was the scene of a battle between Persians and outnumbered Greeks |
| ARMAGEDDON | Location of a battle between God and kings of the earth in Revelation |
| BREES | 2020 N.F.L. retiree who leads all QBs with 123 regular-season games of 300+ passing yards |
| SELLE | French river in Picardy that was the site of the battle between Julius Caesar and the Nervians in 57 BC as well as a 1918 battle in World War I |
| OTTERBURN | Northumberland site of a 1388 battle between the English and Scots (9) |
| CENTRALBANK | Subject of a rap battle between Hamilton and Jefferson in "Hamilton" |
| ELIAN | ___ Gonzalez (child refugee at the center of a custody battle between the U.S. and Cuba) |
| MALDON | Essex town, scene of a 991 battle between the Saxons and the Vikings (6) |
| JUTLAND | Northern European peninsula, scene of a major naval battle between British and German fleets in 1916 (7) |
| HEIGHTS | ___ of Abraham: scene of a 1759 battle between British and French troops (7) |
| THEHUSTLER | 1961 movie about a pool battle between Minnesota Fats and Fast Eddie Felson: 2 wds. |
| POLTAVA | City in Ukraine, scene of a 1709 battle between Swedish and Russian armies (7) |
