| EMBITTERED | Get involved like a journalist with the military includin' attacker - 'e's in need of a sweetener (1 |
| REALPOLITIK | With crude oil involved, like part played in government without scruples |
| LIGHTFINGERED | Prone to plagiarism? Presumably, a journalist with a typewriter! (5-8) |
| BEAUMONTSMITH | Which pioneer Australian filmmaker wrote, produced, directed, edited and marketed his films includin |
| EMBED | Get in with the troops, like a journalist |
| ALSOP | Old political journalist with the newspaper column "Matter of Fact" |
| JUDDLEGUM | Journalist with the Substack newsletter "Popular Information" |
| EXPRESS | Former journalists with the newspaper say (7) |
| FOURTHESTATE | Journalists (with "the") |
| CIVILLIBERTY | For the good of the community, it's nothing to do with the military, right? (5,7) |
| NATIONALSERVICE | In a period with the military, trains alone, working on weakness (8,7) |
| CIVILDISORDER | Riot is nothing to do with the military from the mess (5,8) |
| COLDWAR | Conflict in which Edward's heart was with the military leader (4,3) |
| TEASET | Sounds like E's in the race for the cups etc (3,3) |
| RUM | Spirit associated with the military in early colonial NSW (3) |
| OVERARM | Finished with the military, missing last of many such deliveries? |
| AWOL | In trouble with the military, maybe |
| SIGNISPOSITIS | ____ iuxta ____ : with the military standards placed nearby |
| BUGLE | Which wind instrument is associated with the military? (5) |
| MIDDLEINTHEMEET | Double Es in a backward compromise? |