| NAAFI | Acronym, adopted in the 1920s, for the British Armed Forces canteen services provider (5) |
| ENLISTMENT | Otherwise listen to me in the mid-twenties for the state of being recruited |
| YAHOO | Which web services provider was founded in 1994 by Jerry Yang and David Filo? (5) |
| VICTORIACROSS | Highest award for valour in the British armed forces (8,5) |
| ASANA | A posture adopted in the practise of yoga (5) |
| MILITARY | ____ Cross, decoration given to members of the British Armed Forces, first awarded in 1915 (8) |
| THEME | "Murder Mystery" or "Roaring 'Twenties," for a party |
| MOD | Headquarters of the British Armed Forces (3) |
| RAF | Branch of the British armed forces (inits) (3) |
| RESIDENT | ___ doctor, new term for junior doctors adopted in the UK in 2024 (8) |
| MESS | Armed forces canteen |
| TYSTIE | An onomatopoeic Norse name, adopted in the Scottish Isles, for the "William" also known as a black guillemot, Gwilym ddu or scraber (6) |
| GLASNOST | The policy of public accountability and frankness adopted in the former Soviet Union under Mikhail Gorbachev (8) |
| ROYALMARINE | Member of a British armed force (5,6) |
| GASLIGHT | Released in 1944, what film's name was adopted in the 1990s to describe psychological manipulation of a person? (8) |
| MONROE | ___ Doctrine, US foreign policy principle adopted in the 1820s (6) |
| EMPIRE | ____ State, nickname of New York adopted in the early 19th century (6) |
| ROYALNAVY | British armed force |
| ROYALAIRFORCE | British armed service (5,3,5) |
| DIAMETER | Line slimmer perhaps has adopted in the morning (8) |
