| SUBTENANT | I'll pay for letting reserve catch up with soldier, perhaps (9) |
| TRENCHANT | Penetrating defensive position with soldier, perhaps (9) |
| GALLANT | Trouble with soldier, perhaps, brave |
| TEN | One pays for letting American on vacation into camp (6) |
| TENANT | One pays for letting American on vacation into camp |
| DEFIANT | One gets fed up with soldier challenging authority |
| CIGAR | One's rolled up with soldier upset in vehicle (5) |
| KNIGHTERRANTRY | Questing king, late in the day, to slip up with soldier - ready to lose heart |
| DECIMETRE | Last month I joined up with soldiers in unit (9) |
| TURNSTILE | Device for letting in single people (9) |
| PERMEABLE | Whip mainly blames peer for letting things through (9) |
| ELEGANTLY | Sad poem about soldier perhaps with line in refined style (9) |
| DISBURSER | I'll pay to get a bit of relief after dreadful bus rides |
| IMPORTANT | Bring in soldier, perhaps, and material (9) |
| REENACTOR | Civil War soldier perhaps or a recent revolutionary (2-7) |
| MISCREANT | Offender is soldier perhaps behind nasty crimes |
| COMBATANT | Company doctor attending soldier, perhaps, one involved in fighting |
| GIANTSTAR | Sailor crowned by soldier, perhaps several, gets a big shiner |
| HOUSEWIFE | Woman in the case of the soldier, perhaps |
| EXPECTANT | Lover once noisily kissed soldier perhaps in the club |