| ROTHESAY | Common soldiers backed the speech in Scottish town |
| LUGER | Weapon more than half of common soldiers backed (5) |
| BOSWORTH | The 1485 will of Thomas Longe, from Ashwellthorpe, makes him the first named common soldier who fought for the House of York in the 1485 Battle of ... Field (8) |
| ARMAGEDDON | 1998 disaster film featuring Stanley Anderson as the President giving the speech in this clip |
| INDEPENDENCEDAY | 1996 disaster film featuring Bill Pullman as the President giving the speech in this clip |
| DEEPIMPACT | 1998 disaster film featuring Morgan Freeman as the President giving the speech in this clip |
| ORINOCO | The flower of common soldiers in love with officer (7) |
| TOMMIES | Informal name for common soldiers in the British Army (7) |
| PUTTOMUSIC | Do something with the speech in a playful way for Park Summit? Finish off notes! (3,2,5) |
| APSE | The Maori settlement backed the south-east part of the church (4) |
| EMERGENT | Soldiers backed man coming into prominence (8) |
| RETIRING | Reserved band after soldiers backed it |
| SIGMA | Greek character American soldiers backed |
| REALIGNED | Proper retreat soldier backed put in place again |
| PRIVATEBEACH | Somewhere sandy exclusively for the common soldier in On the Waterfront solely perhaps (7,5) |
| GORBLIMEY | Common soldiers in Britain have nickname for one of their own (9) |
| ORDINARY | Common soldiers given name in journal |
| OREGON | Common soldiers, for example, operating in state (6) |
| PRIVATEHOSPITAL | Secret place of treatment for common soldiers or the wealthy (7,8) |
| RHETORIC | The various common soldiers, enthralled by a lot of sonorous oratory (8) |
