| RANK | Captain or private |
| SINGULAR | Word meaning alone or solitary; peculiar, personal or private; odd or strange; or, exceptionally good, great or remarkable (8) |
| SKIP | A buoyant hop; a builder or house clearer's giant bin; a Trinity College servant; a curling captain; or, a "frizzly on the tongue" melting KP "crisp" (4) |
| KANGAROO | Captain or joey |
| BELL | Word with captain or curve |
| HOOK | Fictional captain, or his metal hand |
| LEADER | Captain or coach |
| NEMO | Captain or a fish |
| SKIPPER | Boat captain, or friend of Gilligan |
| CAPTOR | Captain or kidnapper? (6) |
| CLOSETS | Word originally for a king or queen's secret or private chambers within a palace, now used to mean cupboards or wardrobes (7) |
| HOP | Old-fashioned word for a dance or dancing party; the digitigrade jump of a rabbit; a short trip by cab, plane or private jet; or, a leap on one leg (3) |
| CORNCOB | Captain or sergeant, perhaps, with bomb's original pipe material (7) |
| PARK | Large public garden; a pleasure ground or private estate surrounding a large country house; or, a piece of land kept in its natural condition as a nature reserve (4) |
| TRACKER | Surveillance device, such as an electronic tag; a detective or private eye; or, a variable-rate mortgage (7) |
| LOKE | Norfolk or Suffolk dialect for a blind alley, cul-de-sac, grass-covered track, narrow lane or private road (4) |
| CLINIC | Word, from "bed" or "bedside art", for a nursing facility, out-patient or private hospital specialising in cot-side medical care with a diagnostic chart (6) |
| COURTSMARTIAL | General or private trials, perhaps |
| COURTMARTIAL | General or private trial, perhaps |
| BOUDOIR | Woman's bedroom or private room |
