| COLDSTREAM | A burgh in the Scottish Borders where the British Army's oldest continuously serving regiment was originally raised (10) |
| JEDBURGH | Town and former royal burgh in the Scottish Borders with an abbey that was founded in 1147 |
| TILLICOULTRY | Small town in Central Scotland (pop about 6,000), created a burgh in 1871 (12) |
| HEDGE | Layoff bets along the border where the plants are (5) |
| ARMOREDDIVISION | "Old Ironsides" is the Army's oldest |
| LISTS | Borders where combat took place? |
| REIMS | Expedition's leader infiltrates borders where Germany surrendered (5) |
| COLDSTREAMGUARDS | Oldest continuously serving regular British Army regiment, founded in 1650 |
| HARRIETHARMAN | The longest-ever continuously serving female MP in the House of Commons, dubbed "Mother of the House" by PM Theresa May in 2017 (7,6) |
| TRAFALGAR | Cape in the Spanish province of Cadiz, south-west Spain, where the British Admiral Lord Nelson won a major battle in 1805 (9) |
| ROSEHEARTY | Old fishing village in the north-east, created a burgh of barony in the 1680s (10) |
| DUNS | Former county town in the Borders (pop about 2,500), created a burgh of barony in 1490 (4) |
| DESERTRATS | Nickname of the British Army's 7th Armoured Division, formed in Egypt in 1938. (6,4) |
| CENTURION | The British army's main battle tank from 1945 to the 1960s, replaced by the Chieftain (9) |
| ELGIN | A former royal burgh in the north (pop 25,000), the site of a ruined cathedral (5) |
| FORTMCHENRY | National Monument in Baltimore where the British attacked in 1814: 2 wds. |
| AIRDRIE | Scottish town in North Lanarkshire, made a Burgh of Barony in 1821 (7) |
| GURKHAS | What is the name of the British Army's Nepalese brigade? (7) |
| SELKIRK | Former royal burgh in the Borders (pop about 6,000), on the Ettrick Water (7) |
| SET | Was or remained in a particular position or state (3) |
