| CUSTER | George, U.S. cavalry officer at the Battle of The Little Bighorn (6) |
| FTRILEY | Kansas mil. reservation with the U.S. Cavalry Museum |
| TROOP | 60s U.S. cavalry comedy, F ___ |
| GALLUP | George, U.S. founder of the American Institute of Public Opinion (6) |
| PATTON | George, U.S. general who captured Palermo in 1942 (6) |
| KERNEL | Sound army officer at the centre of things (6) |
| BRASSY | Tasteless officers, at the end of the day (6) |
| COMANCHE | Horse who was the sole documented survivor of the US cavalry at the Battle of the Little Bighorn (1876) (8) |
| CRAZYHORSE | Leader of the Oglala Lakota who took up arms against the US Federal government, leading a war party at the Battle of the Little Bighorn in June 1876 |
| SEVENTH | Cavalry regiment Lt Col George Custer was serving in when he died at the Battle of the Little Bighorn (7) |
| CORNET | Old cavalry officer requ-iring some brass (6) |
| SITTINGBULL | Native American leader and victor at the Battle of the Little Bighorn (7,4) |
| LASTSTAND | The Battle of the Little Bighorn, also known as Custer's _ _ (4,5) |
| CUSTERSLASTSTAND | Name given to the Battle of the Little Bighorn |
| CLOONEY | George, U.S. actor who directed and starred in the 2014 war film The Monuments Men (7) |
| WESTINGHOUSE | George, U.S. engineer and pioneer in the use of alternating current (12) |
| MONTANA | In which US state is the north entrance to Yellowstone National Park and the site of the Battle of the Little Big Horn, in which Custer was defeated? (7) |
| GERSHWIN | George, U.S. composer whose work includes the orchestral piece An American in Paris (8) |
| TAKEI | George, U.S. actor who played helmsman Hikaru Sulu in Star Trek: The Original Series (5) |
| PULLMAN | George, U.S. inventor of a railroad sleeping-car (7) |
