| GEORGECROSS | A British award for bravery, especially of civilians; instituted in 1940 (6, 5) |
| SPINACH | Ensure the news is favourable, with a British award for a green vegetable (7) |
| GEORGEMEDAL | Civil decoration in the UK and Commonwealth instituted in 1940, subordinate to the homonymous Cross (6,5) |
| BAFTA | A British award given to films and TV programmes (5) |
| VALOUR | Courage or bravery, especially in battle (6) |
| TECHNOPHOBE | Person who doesn't like new electronic stuff, refers to dance music by Polish outsiders getting British award |
| IRONCROSS | German decoration for bravery in wartime, instituted in Prussia in 1813 (4,5) |
| NARVIK | Port in N Norway that was scene of two naval battles in 1940 (6) |
| PETAIN | Henri, chief-of-state at Vichy following the collapse of France in 1940 (6) |
| BUTLIN | Billy -, entrepreneur who constructed a holiday camp in Ayr in 1940 (6) |
| DICKIN | ___ Medal, award instituted in 1943 that is given to honour the work of animals in war (6) |
| ORDEROFMERIT | British award for eminence in any field |
| TAUBER | Richard, Linz-born operatic tenor, composer and conductor who took British citizenship in 1940 (6) |
| DYNAMO | Codename for the wartime operation to evacuate Allied soldiers from Dunkirk in 1940 (6) |
| BIGGIN | ___ Hill: vital RAF base during the Battle of Britain in 1940 (6) |
| MACBETH | American subject accepts British award for unmentionable work? (7) |
| MEDAL | Small metal disc given as an award for bravery or as a prize in a sporting event (5) |
| PANINSTATIONS | Frequent condition of Dad's Army -- Dads protecting country admitting limits of civilians in it (5,8) |
| PANICSTATIONS | Frequent condition of Dad's Army -- Dads protecting country admitting limits of civilians in it (5,8) |
| ENUMBER | European identification code for permitted food additives, first instituted in 1962 for colourings (1,6) |
