| BURGLE | Break in military brass, including commander in the end (6) |
| AGAIN | A foreign commander, in the end, made a profit once more (5) |
| DONITZ | Karl, German U-boat fleet commander in the Battle of the Atlantic (6) |
| ARNOLD | Benedict ___, an American commander in the War of Independence who switched allegiance to the British side (6) |
| MCHALE | The Navy belonged to this Lieutenant Commander in the 1960s TV sitcom |
| NELSON | Naval Commander in the Battle of Trafalgar (6) |
| SISERA | Canaanite army commander in the Bible killed by Jael (6) |
| RAGLAN | British commander in the Crimea (6) |
| BUGLES | Military brass instruments (6) |
| LTCOLS | Battalion commanders in the U.S.M.C. |
| PASHA | High-ranking provincial governor or military commander in the Ottoman Empire (5) |
| AGA | Range; military commander in the Ottoman Empire (3) |
| SAGA | Heroic narrative of son pursued by Turkish military commander in the past (4) |
| TROMBONIST | One of the military brass, amazing Sir Tom enthrals Britain on reaching a ton |
| ATATURK | Title meaning 'Father of the Country' given to Turkey's first president, Mustafa Kemal, who served as Commander in the Gallipoli campaign |
| DIOMEDES | Greek hero mentioned repeatedly in Homer's Iliad, a commander in the Trojan War (8) |
| AGAMEMNON | Greek commander in the Trojan War |
| ENCODING | Commander in the finish making it more difficult to understand (8) |
| DOG | Commander in the White House, for one |
| CENTURION | Commander in the Roman army (9) |
