| KITCHENER | Herbert ___ ( 1850 - 1916), army officer appointed Secretary of State for War in 1914 ( 9) |
| ANCHORAGE | Large municipality in Alaska (pop about 300,000), founded in 1914 (9) |
| ENDURANCE | Ship on which Shackleton sailed for the Antarctic in 1914 (9) |
| PROFUMO | John ___, former MP who resigned as Secretary of State for War in 1963 (7) |
| UNDERARMS | Ready for war in pits? (5,4) |
| STEVENSON | R L S ___ (1850-94), Edinburgh-born novelist (9) |
| HANCOCK | Chester-born politician, Matt ___, appointed Secretary of State for Health and Social Care in 2018 (7) |
| GRANTSHAPPS | Conservative MP who was appointed Secretary of State for Transport in 2019 (5,6) |
| HARPER | Appointed Secretary of State for Transport in October 2022 (4, 6) |
| VANCE | Cyrus ___ (1917- 2002), US lawyer appointed Secretary of State in 1977 (5) |
| JOHNPROFUMO | British Conservative secretary of state for war who resigned in 1963 following a famous scandal (4,7) |
| PROFUMOAFFAIR | What name was given to the 1963 security scandal when the British Secretary of State for War had an affair with Christine Keeler. the mistress of a Soviet diplomat? (7,6) |
| HALDANE | Richard Burdon ___, Secretary of State for War from 1905-12 (7) |
| LORDOFMISRULE | Officer appointed by lot at Christmas to preside over the Feast of Fools, known in Scotland as the Abbot of Unreason |
| DICK | Cressida --, officer appointed Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police Service in 2017 (4) |
| COURTMARTIAL | Tribunal of officers appointed by a commander to try persons for offences under military law |
| OIL | OPEC product that is rarely an admitted reason for war in the Middle East |
| NONCOM | Military officer appointed from enlisted personnel, in short (6) |
| IRDAI | Regulatory body led by Ajay Seth, a retired IAS officer appointed as chairperson.(abbvr.) (5) |
| ALARMINGLY | Confederate goes around preparing for war in a disturbing way |
