| GLENCOE | Coming from dingle NCO expected to find valley (7) |
| NIGGLE | Complain knocking back spirit - half of it is from Dingle (6) |
| CUPBOARD | See 7 Dn. More than Mother Hubbard expected to find, she would have wished to hide (8,2,3,8) |
| WATERDIVINER | Well, that's what he's expected to find (5,7) |
| EXE | In Essex expected to find the river (3) |
| EERIE | Beer I expected to find a bit strange (5) |
| HOE | Who expected to find something for the garden here? (3) |
| ANTICIPATED | Expected to find patient aid distributed around the second of October (11) |
| SKELETONINTHE | See 14 Down. More than Mother Hubbard expected to find, she would have wished to hide (8,2,3,8) |
| CONSENT | Agreement posted to an NCO, possibly (7) |
| CONFORM | Comply with letters from NCO (7) |
| OMICRON | O! to be Greek NCO - or I'm mistaken (7) |
| ENCLOSE | NCO Lee's ordered to surround on all sides (7) |
| REGAVIM | Israeli NCO that acts to prevent illegal seizure of state lands (GIVE ARM anagram) (7) |
| CONVENE | Meet NCO, even if drunk (7) |
| PROCYON | NCO half back that is a star (7) |
| SECTION | How NCO ties in with part of the platoon (7) |
| CHEVRON | What's displayed by her NCO, "V" shaped? (7) |
| SOPHISM | Plausible argument seen in very good letter by NCO (7) |
| COUPONS | Vouchers for the soup NCO dishes out (7) |
