| TERCEIRA | Island in the Azores with a military air base |
| SAOMIGUEL | Island in the Azores is the largest of the group (3,6) |
| SAO | ___ Miguel (largest island in the Azores) |
| REVENGE | The ?, Alfred Tennyson poem about Sir Richard Grenville and the 1591 Battle of Flores with the Spanish fleet in the Azores (7) |
| ATOLL | Coral island and surrounding reef such as Diego Garcia (used by the US as a air base in the Indian Ocean) and Mururoa (used by the French to test nuclear weapons in the Pacific) |
| HORTA | Port in the Azores on Faial Island (5) |
| RESORT | A holiday spot in the Azores or Torremolinos (6) |
| GREATWAR | In the last air raid of the ..., Major Egbert ..., heir to the chocolate empire, took off from Great Yarmouth's South Denes air base and was awarded a Distinguished Flying Cross for shooting down a Ze |
| CADBURY | In the last air raid of the ..., Major Egbert ..., heir to the chocolate empire, took off from Great Yarmouth's South Denes air base and was awarded a Distinguished Flying Cross for shooting down a Ze |
| CENT | Whats amiss in the Azores centrally? Nothing (4) |
| OLA | Greeting in the Azores |
| UNITE | Join forces with a military group, at the end (5) |
| NATIONS | United ___ (group with a military known as the Blue Helmets) |
| EMBED | Journalist who travels with a military unit while covering it |
| SALUTED | Acknowledged with a military gesture (7) |
| UPSHOT | Outcome of what happens with a military salute? |
| JUNTA | Project outlining invasion's ending with a military leadership |
| SIR | Word said with a military salute, often |
| ADJUTANT | Large Indian stork with a military gait (8) |
| SOLDIERBLUE | *Color with a military name |
