| COUNTESS | A female with equivalent rank to an earl in the UK (8) |
| COUNT | Foreign nobleman, equal in rank to an earl; or, his title, which is the root of a term for a comital district or shire (5) |
| ALDERMAN | Historically, a senior member of a local council next in rank to the mayor (8) |
| MONALISA | A portrait of a female with a half-smile on a poplar wood panel by Leonardo da Vinci (4,4) |
| AFFIANCE | To get engaged to a female with funds one knight rides out |
| ADMIRALS | Naval chiefs equivalent in rank to Generals in the army or an air force's Air Marshals |
| ADORABLE | A female with ballet at odd points inspiring affection (8) |
| AIRCOMMODORE | A senior officer of the RAF, of equivalent rank to brigadier in the Army (3,9) |
| AFFLUENT | A female with command of foreign language is well off |
| VICEMARSHAL | Air --- ---, senior RAF officer of equivalent rank to a rear admiral in the Royal Navy (4-7) |
| POWDERED | Prisoner of war ordered, in absence of other ranks, to ground (8) |
| FORSAKEN | Left ranks to struggle with foe (8) |
| ENNOBLES | Gives aristocratic rank to |
| KERNEL | The heart of 22 sounds rank to an army man (6) |
| HENDON | In the London area, a female with a boys name (6) |
| SHEAF | Female - a female with arrows in a quiver (5) |
| AIRMARSHAL | RAF officer equivalent in rank to a vice-admiral in the Royal Navy |
| OMAN | Country that becomes a female with a W in front of it |
| HITON | "Come up with" equivalent formed by the counterpart of "miss" + the opposite of "off": 2 wds. |
| KITCHENER | Earl in the poster "Your Country Needs You" (9) |
