6a Rich Windsor gentleman turned by readers (4) ???E
It intersects with 7d They pulled their weight at Troy, where many fell (7)
??A?O?S (first letter is second letter of 6a - could 7d be amazons making 6a ?A?E ?? Many tks.
The Amazons certainly did participate in the Trojan War and are mentioned in the Iliad http://www.pantheon.org/articles/a/amazons.html (thought that would make a change from a Wikipedia link).