| ENSIGNS | Flags such officers as carried them (7) |
| ENSIGN | Type of nautical flag such as the "red duster" (6) |
| SABRES | British cavalry carried them |
| LUTES | Troubadours carried them |
| PENNON | From the Latin for "feather", a flag, such as a medieval knight's personal ensign or a streamer attached to a lance; or, a poetic word for a wing (6) |
| DISPERSE | Circulate police officers as such |
| AGS | Chief law enforcement officers, as of each U.S. state |
| MARSHAL | Top officer as post-war planner one left out |
| GESTALT | Stage set by officer, as a whole |
| SEDAN | As carried by chairmen? (5) |
| TON | Weight, as carried by Cantona? (3) |
| NONCOMMISSIONED | Such officers manage in semi with no mod cons (15) |
| PETTY | Are such officers small-minded? |
| MAJORGENERAL | Officer, as usual, supporting former PM (5-7) |
| INGENERAL | Trendy officer, as a rule (2,7) |
| NOYADE | Execution by drowning as carried out during the Reign of Terror at Nantes, France, from 1793-94 (6) |
| HERDSMAN | Chap in Bonn, possibly, engaging police officer as minder? |
| COLLEAGUE | The Parisian, fit to join army officer as collaborator |
| PROTOCOL | Troop assembled by army officer as per procedure (8) |
| AIDE | ...-de-camp, army officer as assistant |
