| MOMENTS | Instances of most trouble with soldiers |
| ADORE | Love to have trouble with soldiers (5) |
| GALLANT | Trouble with soldier, perhaps, brave |
| RESTHOME | Here most trouble may be past for convalescents |
| HURT | Actor who was the voice of Hazel in Watership Down and of Aragorn in The Lord of the Rings (both instances of which being 1978 animated films) (4) |
| SHELLEY | Author of one of the first instances of science fiction |
| CHILDBIRTH | One of the most famous instances of this was on December 25 (10) |
| FLASHFLOODS | Instances of sudden amounts of large volumes of water (5.6) |
| BEEKEEPER | 9-letter word with the most instances of one particular vowel |
| ANNE | Nicknamed "Brandy Nan" for her alleged disguisement of spirits in tea sets, the Stuart monarch who, despite enduring some 17 instances of maternal loss and ill health, still presided over the Act of U |
| LANDINGS | Instances of coming down at the top of the stairs? |
| TIDES | Instances of the rising and falling of the sea (5) |
| LAYOFFS | Instances of discharging of workers (3-4) |
| ASSISI | Italian town with three instances of the same letter |
| CAUSES | Occasions instances of being out of uniform (6) |
| SALMANRUSHDIE | With regular instances of unrest, he and Islam tangled |
| LACHRYMATIONS | Instances of the flow of tears (13) |
| ROADRUNNER | Right-o! A drummer replacing all instances of rhythm's ending with arbitrary numbers is cuckoo! (10) |
| FILIBUSTERS | Instances of obstructing legislation by means of long speeches and other delaying tactics (11) |
| EGGROLLS | Instances of tumbling decorated "oeufs" down grassy hills in an old Easter game; or, Chinese-American appetisers of julienned vegetables wrapped in pancakes (3,5) |
