Answer:

battle

Answer	Crossword Clue
BATTLE	Episode in war
BATTLE	Armed engagement
BATTLE	Skirmish

BATTLE	Go up against
BATTLE	War component
BATTLE	Put up a fight
BATTLE	Fight to the finish
BATTLE	Conflict
BATTLE	"Iron Chef America" contest
BATTLE	Combat
BATTLE	Fight

BATTLE	War movie scene
BATTLE	Military encounter
BATTLE	Hostile encounter
BATTLE	Contest
BATTLE	Engagement.
BATTLE	Dogfight.
BATTLE	Governor in Richmond.
BATTLE	Governor of Virginia.

BATTLE	Struggle.
BATTLE	Fight.
BATTLE	... royal.
BATTLE	Bull Run, for one
BATTLE	Jutland, for one
BATTLE	Bull Run or Hastings
BATTLE	Event at Hastings: 1066
BATTLE	Kind of ax or ship

BATTLE	Waterloo, e.g.
BATTLE	Waterloo event
BATTLE	Fray
BATTLE	Engagement
BATTLE	Kind of plan
BATTLE	Make war
BATTLE	General effort?
BATTLE	Source of some scars

BATTLE	Fight it out
BATTLE	More than a scrap
BATTLE	Military engagement
BATTLE	Clash
BATTLE	Knock-down-drag-out

Crossword

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