| TENPOLETUDOR | English punk band who had hits with Swords of a Thousand Men and Wunderbar |
| CHILIARCH | In ancient Greece, a commander of a thousand men |
| ENHANCE | Heighten loss of 1000 men and opportunity to lose 100 (7) |
| EPEES | Swords of sorts |
| GIRD | Invest with sword of knighthood |
| SQUEEZE | English band who had hits with Cool for Cats and Up the Junction |
| THEEAGLES | Band who had hits with Hotel California and Take It Easy (3,6) |
| STARSHIP | American rock band who had hits with Sara and We Built This City (8) |
| SMALLFACES | 1960s band who had hits with Lazy Sunday and Itchycoo Park |
| THESTRANGLERS | English punk band, still active, who have had 23 singles in the UK top 40 (3,10) |
| PILOT | 1970s band who had hits with Magic and January |
| HARPERSBIZARRE | American pop band who had hits with The 59th Street Bridge Song (Feelin' Groovy) and Anything Goes in 1967 |
| JAWBONE | Instrument with which 6 slew a thousand men? (7,2,2,3) |
| OFANASS | Instrument with which 6 slew a thousand men? (7,2,2,3) |
| PLACEBO | Band who had hits in the 1990s with Nancy Boy and Pure Morning |
| STEELEYESPAN | English folk-rock band who had hit singles with Gaudete and All Around My Hat |
| WRECK | A thousand men on ship knocked over, ship in ruins? |
| THEDAMNED | English punk band whose members have included Captain Sensible (3,6) |
| HELMSMAN | When about a thousand men lash out, he steers (8) |
| OFFA | Anglo-Saxon king who commanded several thousand men to construct a ditch separating his kingdom of Mercia from the neighbouring lands of Powys (4) |
