Answer: SIEGE
SIEGE is a crossword puzzle answer that we have spotted 136 times.
Referring Clues:
- Long bout
 - The taking of Troy, e.g.
 - Long campaign
 - Kind of mentality
 - Start of a long battle
 - Attack on a fort, maybe
 - Military operation
 - Not just a raid
 - Warfare tactic
 - More than a 23-Across
 - Operation at the Alamo
 - Drawn-out fight
 - Long series of troubles
 - Preattack tactic
 - Assault on Troy, e.g.
 - Long, drawn-out attack
 - War tactic
 - Crusades tactic
 - Prolonged attack
 - ___ of Leningrad, 1941-44
 - Campaign against Troy, e.g.
 - ___ mentality
 - Prolonged campaign
 - Attack
 - Military blockade
 - Protracted attack
 - Attack tactic
 - Long period, as of illness
 - Lay ___ to (pursue persistently)
 - 1998 Denzel Washington movie, with "The"
 - All-out attack
 - Drawn-out battle
 - "Under ___" (1992 Steven Seagal movie)
 - More than a raid
 - Ongoing trouble
 - Prolonged assault
 - Persistent attack
 - Military assault
 - Extensive attack
 - Blockade
 - Prolonged battle
 - Military campaign
 - Military strategy
 - Prolonged military attack
 - Resistance reducer
 - WWII Leningrad event
 - Steven Seagal film, ''Under ___''
 - Longtime bother
 - Prolonged blockade
 - Wartime tactic
 - Battle strategy
 - Extended attack
 - Attack from all directions
 - Military attack
 - Attack upon a city
 - Ordeal for Troy
 - Tactic for Napoleon
 - Steven Seagal film, "Under ___"
 - The Trojan Horse ended one
 - Under ___ (1992 Steven Seagal movie)
 - Battle of attrition
 - Extended battle
 - City blockade
 - Prolonged bout, as of illness
 - Surrounding blockade
 - Battle tactic
 - Battle tactic
 - Long attack
 - You're being attacked while under it
 - "Iliad" subject
 - "Under ___" 1992 Steven Seagal film
 - "Dog Day Afternoon" event
 - Protracted battle
 - Drawn-out assault
 - Military tactic
 - Persistant attack
 - Beleaguering of a town
 - Attack from all sides
 - Persistence over resistance
 - Act of war
 - Battle of the Alamo, e.g.
 - Tactic endured by Leningrad in WWII
 - Alamo event
 - Challenge for defenders
 - Onslaught
 - Lengthy bout
 - Genghis Khan tactic
 - Attack on a fort, e.g.
 - Protracted assault
 - Attack on a fort
 - Wait-'em-out strategy
 - Relentless attack
 - Long-lasting fight
 - Attack on a walled city, maybe
 - Assault on the Alamo
 - Extensive, drawn-out attack
 - Drawn-out campaign
 - Counterpart of a blitz
 - Long-term assault
 - W.W. II ordeal at Leningrad
 - Alamo assault
 - Beleaguerment
 - Tactic in a war of attrition
 - Long military engagement
 - Attack on Troy, e.g.
 - Long, drawn-out fight
 - Surrounded state
 - Battle of Leningrad, e.g.
 - Military action that includes a blockade
 - Takeover of a city
 - Troy suffered one
 - Lengthy attack
 - The Alamo had a famous one
 - "Iliad" topic
 - Military operation that might last for months
 - Campaign circle
 - Assault on the Alamo, e.g.
 - "Wear them down" battle tactic
 - Attack on a walled city
 - Long-lasting conflict
 - Attack on Troy
 - Castle-storming strategy
 - Intense attack on a fort, say
 - Attack that takes a long time
 - Drawn-out attack
 - Attack that requires patience
 - Alternative to a blitz
 - Long battle
 - Campaign that may involve catapults and trebuchets
 - Lengthy assault
 - "State of ___" (Mahmoud Darwish poetry collection)
 - Attack on a citadel
 - Long-lasting battle
 - Drawn-out military attack
 - Invader's tactic
 - Sustained attack
 
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 - LA Times - April 23, 2022
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 - LA Times - January 29, 2022
 - LA Times - October 29, 2021
 - USA Today - September 16, 2021
 
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