| BANTAM | British Army slang for a soldier below regulation height (6) |
| SNAFU | US Army slang for a mess (5) |
| IGNORANT | Ascending soldier met soldier below - neither partner was unacquainted (8) |
| BILLET | Word for a short document originally, later a written military order to provide lodging for a soldier; the civilian quarters requisitioned; a brief note; or, with "doux", a sweet letter (6) |
| MARINE | Latin for "sea", hence a word for a soldier or "jolly" serving on board a ship; nautical service; naval affairs; or, in art, a seascape or ship portrait (6) |
| GRUNTS | Some soldiers, in Army slang |
| KITBAG | Canvas grip for a soldier's duffel, gear or outfit; or, a knapsack or holdall for caboodle generally (6) |
| DAPPER | A new start for a soldier that is to make him neat and precise (6) |
| DOGTAG | Form of ID for a soldier or a canine (3,3) |
| MILITI | For a soldier; stipendium ____ merendum erat |
| TINHAT | Helmet for a soldier |
| SHINGLE | Piece of toast, in army slang |
| FRAG | Deliberately kill one's superior officer, in army slang |
| CAPONIER | Word, from the Spanish or French for "chicken house, cockerel coop", for a fort's covered hutch-like tunnel for a soldier or a troop (8) |
| CANTEEN | Box for cutlery; cafeteria within a workplace; or, a water bottle for a soldier or camper (7) |
| HAVERSACK | Word for a bag in which cavalry carried horses' oats originally, later for a soldier or walker's backpack for shouldering provisions/equipment (9) |
| SUPPER | A meal not quite good enough for a soldier (6) |
| DESERTRAT | An informal name for a soldier who served with the British 7th Armoured Division in North Africa in 1941-42 (6,3) |
| GREYCOAT | Nickname for a soldier of the Confederate Army in the American Civil War (8) |
| ANZAC | A new sixpence king dropped for a soldier (5) |
