| SHOGUN | In history, a Japanese hereditary commander-in-chief (6) |
| VASSAL | In history, a feudal tenant of land (6) |
| BASTILLE | In history, a well-known prison-fortress in Paris (8) |
| EARLIER | Farther back in history, a nobleman that is right (7) |
| NGUYEN | Author who wrote the 2024 memoir "A Man of Two Faces: A Memoir, a History, a Memorial" |
| RECORD | A register or log; past history; a personal best; or, an LP (6) |
| ASSART | In British legal history, a piece of forest land cleared or reclaimed for arable use; or, the act or offence of grubbing up of trees and bushes (6) |
| HARASS | Head of history, a royal fool, getting trouble |
| SCHEER | Reinhard, German naval commander who was commander-in-chief at the Battle of Jutland in 1916 (6) |
| CLINIC | Commander-in-chief holds nothing back in hospital (6) |
| NIMITZ | Chester, commander in chief of the U.S. Pacific fleet in World War II (6) |
| COGNAC | Liquor in tin commander in chief brought back |
| THOMAS | Parliamentary commander-in-chief during the English Civil War (6,7) |
| DONITZ | Karl --, commander in chief of the German navy between 1943 and 1945 (6) |
| CICADA | Chirper, commander-in-chief and girl (6) |
| ACIDIC | Help Commander-in-Chief to ferment bitter (6) |
| CLERIC | Commander in chief captures the French Resistance clergyman (6) |
| CICERO | Roman orator sent mineral up to commander-in-chief (6) |
| FRANCO | Old Spanish commander in chief ran corporation (6) |
| KINANE | Michael -, jockey who rode Derby winners Commander in Chief, Galileo and Sea the Stars (6) |
