Related Clues:

• What's so very good about the East is the way it's being attacked
• This might be the collection that's hard pressed
• This might be a type of work under attack
• The offensive form of 17 down
• Being in the position of being 7 down
• Root around the South and attack it from all sides
• Attacked by the root around the South
• Ambush, perhaps
• Be so placed as to be attacked all round
• Began to do
• Took on with alacrity
• Programmed to, as a thermostat
• Attacked, as a challenge
• Tried to tackle, say
• Tried to attack