| COCHISE | Apache chief who led Native American resistance against US forces in the Arizona region between 1861 and 1872 (7) |
| SARDINE | South American resistance eat fish (7) |
| ARRIVAL | American resistance to antagonist getting off Jumbo (7) |
| NAZARETH | Miracle-worker's home from Arizona region, mostly in North (8) |
| SUNBELT | Arizona region |
| PALEODESERT | Arizona region? |
| SITTINGBULL | Native American chief who led the Sioux tribes against the US Army in the Great Sioux War (7,4) |
| PONTIAC | Native American chief who led a struggle against the British around the Great Lakes in the 1760s (7) |
| DEFENCE | Resistance against attack, danger or harm; a country's military forces; the plea of the accused in a lawsuit; or, the action of protecting one's goal or wicket against the opposition (7) |
| REMAGEN | German town with a critical Rhine bridge captured by US forces in the closing days of the Second World War |
| STANSTED | London airfield that was originally built by and for the US forces in the Second World War (8) |
| CRAZYHORSE | Chief who led Sioux in the Battle of the Little Bighorn (5,5) |
| KUWAIT | Mid-east nation that was a jumping-off point for US forces in the recent Gulf War |
| AGENTORANGE | Highly poisonous herbicide used as a spray for defoliation by US forces in the Vietnam War (5,6) |
| CARATACUS | (One spelling of) the name of the leader of the resistance against Romans in Britain during Claudius's reign (9) |
| GERONIMO | Apache chief who surrendered to General Miles in 1886 (8) |
| SADDAMHUSSEIN | President of Iraq captured by US forces in 2003 who was executed in 2006 (6,7) |
| ANDREWS | Frank, American air force officer who succeeded Eisenhower as commander of US forces in Europe (7) |
| OKINAWA | Largest of the Ryukyu Islands, it was annexed by Japan in 1879 and invaded by US forces in 1945 |
| SNAFU | This acronym emerged from the US forces in WWII; put politely, it means 'situation normal, all foule |
