| KHMER | Cambodian communist guerrilla force which gained control in 1975 (5,5) |
| ROUGE | Cambodian communist guerrilla force which gained control in 1975 (5,5) |
| HADAGO | Tried and gained control in the past (3,1,2) |
| VIETCONG | Communist guerrilla movement in Asia, 1954-75 (8) |
| KHMERROUGE | The Cambodian communist party which seized power in a civil war in 1975 |
| MONTENEGRO | Country on the Adriatic Sea which gained independence from Serbia in 2006 (10) |
| COASTGUARD | Maritime force which aids shipping, saves lives at sea and prevents smuggling (10) |
| PINACOLADA | Cocktail which gained global fame thanks to a 1979 hit by Rupert Holmes |
| POL | Cambodian communist leader born in Prek Sbauv, near Kompong Thom, in 1925 (3,3) |
| POT | Cambodian communist leader born in Prek Sbauv, near Kompong Thom, in 1925 (3,3) |
| HUMBERT | Which general led the French forces which landed in Mayo in 1798? (7) |
| DJIBOUTI | Country in north-eastern Africa which gained independence from France in 1977 (8) |
| CHETNIKS | Serbian guerrilla force formed in 1941 against Axis powers, which sometimes collaborated, strategically, with those powers (8) |
| MAQUIS | Person in a French guerrilla force during the Second World War (6) |
| HARNESSED | Gained control of, in a way |
| POLPOT | Cambodian communist dictator (1976-9) born Saloth Sar in 1925 (3,3) |
| NATIONALSERVICE | Compulsory enlistment in the armed forces which ended in the UK in 1960 (8,7) |
| QUALITYOFMERCY | Being drunk entering wharf shakes up my force, which wasn't strained in Venice |
| INERTIA | Force which resists changes in motion (7) |
| QATAR | Arab state which gained independence in 1971 (5) |
