| AUCONTRAIRE | A recruit on a manoeuvre? Not at all! (2,9) |
| FARAWAY | Remote RAF manoeuvre, not at home (7) |
| COUNTERFEITED | Becoming a forger could put recruit on feet! (13) |
| COUNTERFEITER | Becoming a forger could put recruit on feet! (13) |
| UNAUTHENTIC | International forces cheat -- unit manoeuvres not genuine (11) |
| SOONAFTER | On a forest manoeuvre not much later (4,5) |
| LOOP | Aeroplane manoeuvre not entirely crazy |
| MALNUTRITION | UN or militant manoeuvres not being sustained properly |
| CARICATURED | Scoundrel has a recruit badly parodied |
| LOOPTHELOOP | Stunt pilot's manoeuvre? (4,3,4) |
| EMPHASISING | Is giving stress to pins his game manoeuvre? (11) |
| UNDERTAKING | Venture potentially dangerous road manoeuvre? |
| BUNT | Baggy centre of a sail or net; a push with horns; a gentle tap of a pitched baseball; or, a manoeuvre in which a pilot draws a half circle in the sky (4) |
| ATTACK | Have a go at a sailing manoeuvre? (6) |
| FLICKON | In sport, a manoeuvre in which a player receives an incoming pass and moves it on quickly with a gentle header or kick to another player (5-2) |
| PLOY | A cunning plan to gain advantage; a manoeuvre or gambit in a game or conversation; or, a hobby, job etc with which one is occupied (4) |
| SPROG | From either "frogspawn", dialect for "lively young man" or a confused word for "cog", RAF slang for a recruit; or, an informal term for a child (5) |
| UTURN | A manoeuvre made by a vehicle resulting in a reversal of direction (1-4) |
| GETTOTHEPOINT | Memo to a U.S.M.A. recruit |
| RAW | Is not trained as a recruit (3) |
