| POILU | French soldier in World War I |
| ATKINS | Tommy ___, archetypal British soldier in World War I (6) |
| AUDIEMURPHY | Actor, America's most decorated soldier in World War II (5,6) |
| BOCHE | Derogatory slang word for a German soldier in World Wars I and II (5) |
| JACKBOOTS | As worn by German soldiers in World War 2 (9) |
| ROSETTASTONE | It was unearthed by a French soldier in July 1799 |
| LAFAYETTE | French soldier in the American Revolution |
| LEGIONNAIRE | The French soldier in Oran, working to France's end? |
| CARABINEER | General title for any French soldier in the Napoleonic Wars armed with a carbine, musket or rifle (10) |
| ELEMENT | The French soldiers in alien water, for example (7) |
| CYRANO | French soldier captured in Crecy ran off (6) |
| FRAGILE | Easily broken by French soldier when in drink (7) |
| BONEYARD | Mount with French soldier buried in cemetery |
| DUVET | Comforter of the French soldier after the war (5) |
| LEGION | Military body in which the French soldier gets ahead (6) |
| LEGITIMISE | The French soldier is in time to authorise (10) |
| KEPI | French soldier's hat found in snake pit |
| LECLERC | Philippe, French soldier who received the surrender of Paris in 1944 (7) |
| PETAIN | Philippe --, French soldier and statesman, imprisoned for treason in 1945 (6) |
| HENRIPETAIN | French soldier, chief of state at Vichy after France's collapse in 1940 (5,6) |
