| ROMMEL | Erwin - - -, German Field Marshal of the Second World War known as the Desert Fox (6) |
| ERWINROMMEL | German Field Marshal of the Second World War known as the Desert Fox (5,6) |
| BOMBER | Nickname of Sir Arthur Harris, marshal of the Royal Air Force during the Second World War (6) |
| ABWEHR | The German military intelligence service from the early 1920s to the end of the Second World War (6) |
| TEDDER | Arthur William, British marshal of the RAF who became deputy supreme commander of the Allied Expeditionary Force (6) |
| CHISHOLM | Nurse and ambulance driver during the First World War known as the Madonna of Pervyse with her frien |
| RICHTHOFEN | Manfred von -; German fighter pilot during the First World War known as the Red Baron (10) |
| PAULUS | German field marshal whose surrender in Russia marked a turning point in the war (last name; 6) |
| JERBOA | Long-legged rodent also known as the desert rat |
| ARNOUX | South Island mountain range and alpine village, named after a marshal of the French army (6) |
| PANZER | German tank of the Second World War |
| GIANTS | Winners of the second World Series |
| NERO | His death sparked a civil war known as the Year of the Four Emperors |
| SLIM | Surname of the commander of the 14th "forgotten" army of the Second World War (4) |
| CARACAL | Also known as the desert lynx, or Persian lynx, this short-tailed cat is found in the hills, deserts, and plains of Africa, the Middle East, and central and southwestern Asia. |
| ERWIN | Rommel known as the "Desert Fox" |
| BULGE | The battle of the ___ was Germany's last (unsuccessful) major offensive on the western front of the Second World War (5) |
| GROMYKO | Soviet statesman during the Cold War, known as "Mr Nyet" (7) |
| CHINDIT | A member of one of Brigadier Wingate's long-range penetration groups in the Burma campaign of the Second World War (7) |
| LENO | Comedian who served as grand marshal of the charity motorcycle event called the Love Ride |
