| CONTINGENT | Happy bringing in gin cocktail for a body of troops (10) |
| INKLING | Suspicion aroused by broken bit of chain in gin cocktail (7) |
| STARTLING | Unexpected, like lemon juice in gin cocktail (9) |
| OUTING | Trip not, in gin cocktail (6) |
| FELLOWSHIP | Word for a body of companions; an association, corporation or guild; communion; the spirit of camaraderie; or, the status/income of a university socius receiving a stipend (10) |
| DETACHMENT | Freedom from care for a body of men (10) |
| COMMANDANT | Order an emmet to be head of a body of troops (10) |
| BOXINGRING | Package with gin cocktail for the wedding? It's the perfect surroundings for a fight! (6,4) |
| PARTS | From "division, portion", word for a body of adherents; company of people; detachment of troops; side in a battle, game, lawsuit or other contest; a political group; or, a beano, bun fight or other so |
| CORPORAL | Word for "head", hence a soldier in charge of a body of troops; or, a leader of a gang of miners (8) |
| ECHELON | Military term for a body of troops, ships, aircraft, vehicles etc, as if in steps (7) |
| UNIT | Some ammunition for a body of troops (4) |
| ASTI | From the grape vine for a body of a higher school of masters! (4) |
| DETAIL | Based on "to cut", a word for an individual fact or item; an area of a painting or map considered/studied separately from the whole; or, a body of troops set apart for special duty (6) |
| INTAKE | Cool and appropriate for a body of pupils new to a school (6) |
| CHOIR | Word, once spelled with a "q", for a body of church singers or angels (5) |
| TROUPE | Company performing for a body of soldiers, one hears.... (6) |
| RETINUE | First easy turn that's made for a body of retainers (7) |
| COLUMN | Newspaper contribution for a body of soldiers |
| SLC | State capital named for a body of water (Abbr.) |
