| LANDGIRLS | Informally, young women recruited for farm work during both world wars |
| LANDGIRL | Woman doing farm work during wartime (4,4) |
| GROWUP | Mature women recruited by band |
| SCAPAFLOW | Naval base in Orkney, active during both world wars |
| WILHELMINA | Queen of the Netherlands during both World Wars (10) |
| NASH | Landscape painter commissioned as an official war artist during both World Wars whose works include Totes Meer and Battle of Britain (4) |
| CHETNIK | Serbian nationalist belonging to a group that engaged in guerrilla warfare during both World Wars (7) |
| GLEANING | Opening for girl with penchant for farm work |
| LANDARMY | Body of women organised for farm work in wartime (4-4) |
| BOUVIER | Type of Flemish dog breed originally used for farm work |
| TILING | With no heart for farm work, a building job's the answer (6) |
| THRESH | Beet report for farm work (6) |
| OXEN | Animals used for farm work |
| ARRAS | Town in N France known for its tapestries that was severely damaged in both World Wars (5) |
| ARMENTIERES | Town in Nord, N France that was site of battles in both World Wars (11) |
| ARGONNE | Wooded region of NE France: scene of major battles in both World Wars. (7) |
| ARDENNES | European forested region, scene of fighting in both world wars (8) |
| OVERTHERE | Song popular with United States soldiers in both world wars (4,5) |
| SCAPA | and 5dn, Landlocked anchorage in Orkney; a major naval base in both World Wars |
| CENOTAPH | The ---, monument in Whitehall, London, honouring the dead of both World Wars (8) |
