| SWORDDANCE | Steps taken by Germany in planning of second war (5,5) |
| CLARITY | Lucidness shown in planning of trial in Cyprus (7) |
| SUBMARINES | Warships used by Germany in the Battle of the Atlantic, a conflict described by Churchill as the "U-boat peril" (10) |
| STRATEGIST | Person skilled in planning action in warfare, such as Basil Liddell Hart (10) |
| PESTILENCE | Steps taken by change in epidemic (10) |
| WALKABOUTS | Steps taken by royalty and a bishop in quitting protests (10) |
| ROUNDDANCE | Steps taken by canon (Scandinavian) entertaining chapter |
| TURKEYTROT | Old steps taken by communist from Ankara? (6,4) |
| BRIDEZILLA | One whose selfish and demanding behaviour in planning her wedding is regarded as monstrous (10) |
| ABITPASTIT | A little step taken by bird being slightly over the hill (1,3,4,2) |
| UBOAT | Weapon of war first deployed, most effectively, by Germany in 1914 (1-4) |
| DRAWINGBOARD | Director of artist's section uninterested, by the sounds of it, in planning stage of project |
| SUDETENLAND | Part of Czechoslovakia annexed by Germany in 1938 |
| ANSCHLUSS | Political or economic union, especially the annexation of Austria by Germany in 1938 (9) |
| BIGBERTHA | Long-range howitzer used by Germany in World War I (3,6) |
| UBOATS | Naval submarines operated by Germany in the First and Second World Wars (1-5) |
| BOER | Second - War, conflict in South Africa from 1899-1902 (4) |
| POLAND | Country invaded by Germany in 1939 (6) |
| LUSITANIA | British ocean liner sunk by Germany in 1915 (9) |
| AUSTRIA | Country annexed by Germany in 1938 |
