| JARHEAD | 2003 memoir by former Marine Anthony Swofford |
| ORANGE | ___ Is the New Black, US comedydrama series based on a memoir by former felon Piper Kerman (6) |
| GULFWAR | Subject of the 2003 memoir "Jarhead" |
| ROONE | 2003 memoir of a TV executive |
| SPARTAN | 2005 war film starring Jake Gyllenhaal as Anthony Swofford (7) |
| UBOATS | Former marine menaces |
| EXAMINER | Former marine confused an assessor (8) |
| OSWALD | Former marine, assassin of JFK (6) |
| ONETIME | Former marine ultimately boards punctually |
| PEARLDIVING | Former marine industry which was physically taxing and dangerous for its main workers |
| HARVEY | Former marine presumed to have assassinated the US president in 1963 (3,6,6) |
| LEE | 24 and 42 Former marine presumed to have assassinated the US president in 1963 (3,6,6) |
| AFEW | We're looking for ___ good men (former Marines slogan): 2 wds. |
| REASONS | - to Stay Alive; 2015 memoir by novelist by Matt Haig (7) |
| REDDUSTROAD | Memoir by poet Jackie Kay, former Makar (3,4,4) |
| MARGARET | Younger sister of the Queen described in a memoir by her former lady-in-waiting Anne Glenconner (8) |
| THEGREATESCAPE | 1963 war film, directed by John Sturges, based on a 1950 memoir by Australian writer Paul Brickhill (3,5,6) |
| LIFEWITHFATHER | 1935 memoir by Clarence Day |
| HOUSTONCHRONICLE | Memoir by singer Whitney? |
| BORN | 1960 memoir by Joy Adamson (4,4) |
