| BELGIUM | Country bumpkin leading soldier carried by pack animal returning (7) |
| MUDDLED | Conveyed by pack animal, cleric departs, confused |
| TANTAMOUNT | Soldier carried by army horse? As good as |
| PARA | Soldier carried by air (4) |
| ABORIGINE | One soldier, carried round on the back of a native |
| OCTOBER | Hamlet's Infinitive, by leading soldier, runs for a month (7) |
| PAGEANT | Servant leading soldier, perhaps, in parade (7) |
| CAMELOT | Animal returning to Arthur's castle (7) |
| MAJORCA | Whale led by pack round island |
| OFFICER | Leading soldier in charge with volunteer outside |
| RATIONS | Soldiers' carried food reserves (7) |
| STARDOM | Celebrity Ministry of Defence animals returning (7) |
| HICKEYS | Reminders that you were kissed by a country bumpkin? Yes, maddeningly (7) |
| HEROICS | He leads or retreats in command, leading soldiers in amazing feats (7) |
| HAYSEED | Country bumpkin, getting eg attention of Spooner (7) |
| ASSYRIA | Old country bumpkin has picked up light (7) |
| INDIANA | Country bumpkin ultimately a state (7) |
| BOLIVIA | Country bumpkin's beginning with a pig in kiddie lit (7) |
| COMMEND | Praise officer leading soldiers through Maryland |
| TICKOFF | Rebuke coming from country bumpkin losing head, interrupting smart gent (4,3) |
