- WARS
- Gulf and Trojan
- Bloody messes
- General actions?
- Shooting matches?
- Subjects of many a protest
- Declared events
- Mighty clashes
- Star ___
- Violent conflicts
- Storage ___ (A&E reality show)
- Armed conflicts
- Campaign components
- They're never "civil"
- Major hostilities
- Punic ___
- Fighting chances?
- Conflicts
- The _ of the Roses
- Major conflicts
- Military conflicts
- All-out battles
- Big fights
- Devastating conflicts
- Battles comprise them
- Part of V.F.W.
- Serious conflicts
- Serious hostilities
- Cola __
- General concerns?
- Ironically, some are "civil"
- Star __: The Rise of Skywalker
- Even civil ones aren't friendly
- See 69-Across
- Star __
- Hostilities
- History class topics
- History subjects
- Price conflicts
- Service-academy studies
- End of numerous reality-show titles
- What have been banished from the four longest answers
- Ares instigations
- Conflicts "declared"
- They can be hot or cold
- International news topics
- They can be holy
- Word ___ (2004 Scrabble documentary)
- Combats.
- Mankind's curse.
- Fights.
- Contends strongly.
- World affairs.
- Contests by force.
- Struggles.
- Contends.
- Jenkins' Ear, Roses, etc.
- ___ of the Roses.
- Events in history.
- Front page news.
- Front page topics.
- Strives violently.
- Korean and Crimean
- Napoleonic and Crimean
- Punic and World
- Crimean and Korean
- Battles against
- What Mars never bars
- Boer and Crimean
- States of hostility
- Declared items
- Jihads
- Battles
- Star _____
- Treaties end them
- Occasions when the arms are raised
- Treaty preceders
- All ___ are civil ___, because all men are brothers (quote attributed to François Fénelon)
- Ring out the thousand ___ of old: Tennyson
- See 31-Across
- The "W" in V.F.W.
- Does battle
- See 15-Across
- Woden's domain
- They may be revolutionary
- Some are declared
- Star ___, biggest movie of 1977
- Events of 1914-18 and 1939-45
- General interests?
- Polemologists study them
- Private engagements?
- They take place in theaters
- Hawks push them
- Subjects of many epics
- Star follower, in Hollywood
- Polemology is the study of them
- I and II, e.g., but not yet III and IV
- Sometimes civil contests
- TV's 'Civil --'
- Battles it out
- Bride ___ (2009 romcom)
- Rogue One: A Star ___ Story
- Title word after "Star" or "Clone"
- Battles of bands, perhaps
- Rancid "The ___ End"
- General interests that become private matters
- A&E; reality show "Storage ___"
- Title word after "Star" or "Cupcake"
- See 16-Across
- Word after Cola or Opium
- Word following "Storage" or "Cupcake," in TV-show titles
- What Diplomacy games simulate
- Word after "Trade" and "Class," in the title of a 2020 book on how economic inequality threatens international peace
- Arms are raised for these
- Aggressive conflicts
- Boer and others
- Occasions when arms are raised
- Arms-raising occasions
- General activities?
- They're never really civil
- Trojan and Korean
- Star ___ (Lucas film)
- Horrific events
- Star ___: The Rise of Skywalker
- Some are civil
- Star or "Storage" follower
- Large-scale conflicts
- Treaties may end them
- Storage ___ (show in which bidders compete)
- Storage ___ (A&E show)
- Star ____
- Crimean and Boer
- Civil and Boer
- Major skirmishes
- VFW part
- Military buffs' interests
- Cola ___ (Coke-vs.-Pepsi spots)
- History Channel topics
- Style ___ (1983 documentary)
- Food Network's "Cupcake ___"
- See 37-Across
- See 73 Across
- Engagement settings
- So long as there are men there will be ___: Albert Einstein
- General activity?
- See 45-Down
- General concern?
- See 29-Down
- History book topics
- Major problems?
- Much of history