| ROUTEMARCH | Corps in the armour failing extended military training (5,5) |
| WEAKNESSES | Chinks in the armour (10) |
| ACHILLESHEEL | A chink in the armour of hero - and antihero |
| MILITANT | There's a tint in the armour of one so aggressive (8) |
| TELAWRENCE | Who joined the Royal Tank Corps in 1923 under the name T E Shaw? (1,1,8) |
| EMERYPAPER | Polish with this army corps in retreat pay rep badly (5,5) |
| PRISONCAMP | Corps in map upset: a lot of time spent here? (6,4) |
| SIMILARITY | What we have in common is military training |
| CADETCORPS | Youngsters undergoing military training (5,5) |
| MANOEUVRES | Military training exercises |
| RANCID | Rank needed to be in the Diplomatic Corps in Iran (6) |
| THEBLACKPRINCE | Sobriquet of the son and heir apparent of King Edward III (1312-77), thought to derive from the armour he wore (3,5,6) |
| ARMIGER | Squire carrying the armour of a knight |
| MAIL | Man's sound? It must be the armour |
| ARBORETUM | Bet the armour could be made out of wood! (9) |
| IWOJIMA | Which Pacific Japanese island was captured by the US Marine Corps in 1945, and returned to Japan in 1968? (3,4) |
| NOTCH | Nick shows there's an Officers" Training Corps in New Hampshire (5) |
| SLIM | William, Field Marshal who led the Burma Corps in World War II (4) |
| ANZACS | Soldiers serving with the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps in World War I (6) |
| ANZAC | Soldier serving with the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps in World War I (5) |
