| CLAUSEWITZ | Carl von, Prussian general and military thinker (10) |
| SUN | With 8-Across, Chinese general and military strategist |
| DELEGATION | Heartless Duce and military force surrounded at diplomatic mission (10) |
| EARTHQUAKE | Natural disaster leading to rescue operations by NDRF teams and military field hospitals in Myanmar under 'Operation Brahma'. (10) |
| CARLVON | and 6dn, Prussian general; author of the unfinished On War, a work on military strategy (4,3,10) |
| ANTARCTICA | By treaty, weapons testing and military bases are banned there |
| SUPERPOWER | A nation with great political and military power (8) |
| SCHARNHORST | Gerhard von ?, Chief of the Prussian General Staff from 1808-10 |
| ONWAR | Classic military text by Carl von Clausewitz |
| WEBER | Carl von ---, German conductor and composer of the 1823 opera Euryanthe (5) |
| BISMARCK | Otto von ........, Prussian, and later German, statesman (1815-1898) |
| LINNE | Swedish taxonomist Carl von ___ |
| HUMBOLDT | Wilhelm von ........, Prussian Enlightenment thinker best known for writing The Limits Of State Action (8) |
| BLUCHER | Gebbard von ---, Prussian field marshal who died in 1819 (7) |
| STEUBEN | Prussian general in the American Revolution |
| NSC | A committee in the executive branch of government that advises the president on foreign and military and national security. |
| MENOFHARLECH | Welsh song and military march describing events during a siege between 1461 and 1468 |
| GRACE | Traditional song which provided a 1972 No. 1 hit for The Pipes and Drums and Military Band of the Royal Scots Dragoon Guards (7,5) |
| AMAZING | Traditional song which provided a 1972 No. 1 hit for The Pipes and Drums and Military Band of the Royal Scots Dragoon Guards (7,5) |
| INVICTUSGAMES | Vancouver Whistler 2025... February 8th to February 16th international sporting event for wounded, injured and ill veterans and military personnel founded by Prince Harry: 2 wds. |
