| PARATROOPER | Airborne soldier's accepted standard, a staunch colleague, they say |
| GREENBERET | Risk some soldiers accepted, led by inexperienced commando |
| TROOPERS | Cavalrymen sound like staunch colleagues |
| SDSBRHE | Burning pain having an effect, soldier accepted |
| CAUSALGIA | Burning pain having an effect, soldier accepted |
| FLAG | An oblong, square or triangle of bunting as a vexillary emblem, ensign, signal or standard; a yellow iris; a bushy tail; or, from the Old Norse for "slice of turf", a flat slab or paving-stone (4) |
| PARAGUAY | Standard a fellow's taken round a South American country (8) |
| PARASITE | Standard - a place for a sponger (8) |
| ANDERS | Polish commander, a staunch anticommunist, who became a leader of the Poles in exile after the Second World War (6) |
| CANON | A criterion or standard; a list of saints; or, an author's oeuvre (5) |
| TRUEBLUE | Time to feel sorry for sportsman, a staunch Conservative |
| MIDISYSTEM | Note Daisy abandoning a staunch player |
| ADAMANT | A staunch worker, unshakeable in purpose |
| BASTION | VIP about to drink wine, a staunch supporter |
| JEAN | Frenchman who could be a staunch ally of Dolly in dinnerladies (4) |
| DEVOTEE | Veto Dee becoming a staunch follower (7) |
| LAMPPOST | Standard a setter might go against? (8) |
| NORMAL | Ordinary standard a learner follows (6) |
| PARASITICIDE | Standard a Manchester team reportedly follows for pest control |
| PARASITES | Standard - a place for small hangers-on (9) |
