| MILITARYBAND | Brass, woodwind and percussion players with a martial air? (8,4) |
| BATTLEHYMNOF | Plato's martial air? Or John Brown's? (6,4,2,3,8) |
| ORCHESTRA | Often featuring 20 or more violinists, a classical musical ensemble comprising a mix of string, brass, woodwind and percussion instrumentalists (9) |
| ORCHESTRATION | Arrangement of string, brass, woodwind and percussion parts (13) |
| RAMADAN | Roughly collide with a martial artist fast (7) |
| NINJAGO | Lego toy line with a martial arts theme |
| WARDANCE | Waltz, say, after Indian spies retreated with a martial performance (3,5) |
| XYLOPHONISTS | Percussion players (12) |
| THEKARATEKID | 2010 drama film remake starring Jackie Chan as a martial arts mentor: 3 wds. |
| PACKAPUNCH | Group of rugby players with a drink make a strong impact (4,1,5) |
| CONCERTBAND | Woodwind, brass and percussion ensemble, also described as "military" |
| KETTLEDRUM | What a percussion player uses to boil water and store it? (10) |
| MUS | A partnership Basque card game, played among four players with a stripped deck, involving points, dr |
| STEELBAND | West Indian players with a strong all-rounder (5,4) |
| COFFEEHOUSING | Distracting card players with a drink container (6-7) |
| NINES | Trick-taking card game for thee players with a low score objective (5) |
| CASTAWAYS | Players with a manner on single people marooned |
| CANASTA | Article kept by set of players with a card game (7) |
| OMBRE | Card game for three players with a name derived from the Spanish for 'man' (5) |
| SEEDS | Ranked players with a core role? (5) |
