| BAKINGPOWDER | Graduate is on the board with prisoner-of-war and the German agent responsible for The Rising (6,6) |
| OVERPOWERING | Concluded with prisoner of war giving sweetheart item of jewellery - it's unbearable |
| SEKHMET | In Egyptian religion, she was a goddess of war and the destroyer of the enemies of the sun god Re. She was associated both with disease and with healing and medicine. She was the companion of the god |
| MAISONETTES | Apartments graduate is on the way to try out |
| BAKINGSODA | Graduate from The Palace on the drink with agent responsible for The Rising (6,4) |
| POWWOW | Conference with prisoner of war? That's amazing! (6) |
| POWDERED | Prisoner of war and German communist in ground (8) |
| SIGNWRITER | Makes a name for one of those on the board with warning to bookmaker (10) |
| PAWNED | Sold temporarily to one of those on the board with writer (6) |
| PAWNSHOP | Those on the board with Spring in money lending business (8) |
| SURFS | Is on the board, in a way |
| KING | Folk legend is on the board (4) |
| EMERY | Irish woman this year is on the board |
| INSURRECTION | Recruits in on planning for The Rising (12) |
| SYPHILIS | What disease was called "the French disease" by the British and Germans, "the Neapolitan disease" by the French, "the Polish disease" by the Russians and "the German disease" by the Polish? (8) |
| INSURGENTS | Ruins sculpture for the men and women responsible for The Rising (10) |
| THEODYSSEY | Homer's epic tale of the years after the Trojan War and the return of the hero to Ithaca (3,7) |
| RECIPROCAL | Turns up, the foreign army unit isn't finished getting diamonds at the end of the war - and the feeling is mutual (10) |
| ACHILLES | Greek hero of the Trojan War and the tendon connecting the calf muscle to the heel |
| BAWDEN | Author of children's novels including The Birds on the Trees, Carrie's War and The Peppermint Pig (6) |