| SQUAREMILE | City look cheerful as soldiers must be accommodated (6,4) |
| CLUE | Hint providing signal Labour leader must be accommodated |
| RESOLUTION | Answer by soldiers must be commitment (10) |
| LIGHTUP | Look cheerful, as one may with a cigarette |
| AFORTIORI | If a riot erupts, soldiers must be brought in with more reason |
| LANCER | Soldier must be part of plan, certainly (6) |
| LOGICAL | Reasoned correctly, US soldier must be in pub |
| TERRIER | The soldier must be remanded again, the magistrate holds (7) |
| POLARIS | In city, look around and see a star |
| OSLO | City look after ducks (4) |
| SECUREMENT | Making sure priest and soldiers can be accommodated in group |
| MUSKETEERS | Soldiers must seek order without hesitation (10) |
| SINGLEROOM | Only one space, so couple can't be accommodated here |
| GUESTHOUSE | Estimated almost five hundred, presumably, can be accommodated in B and B? (5,5) |
| ADVENTURER | A woodcutter accepting opening as soldier of fortune |
| JOVIAL | Work almost through - beginning to look cheerful (6) |
| THEREFORE | The soldiers must come to the front as a consequence |
| BEARUP | Remain cheerful, as Godiva in Coventry was said to be |
| UJUNGPANDANG | Indonesian port has psychiatrist entering cheerful as well as half-anxious |
| ABOXOFBIRDS | As cheerful as Oxford bibs maybe (1,3,2,5) |