| RAMBO | John, Vietnam War veteran played by Sylvester Stallone in a series of action films (5) |
| ROCKYBALBOA | Boxer played by Sylvester Stallone in a series of films (5,6) |
| BALBOA | Rocky ___, boxer played by Sylvester Stallone in a series of films (6) |
| ULTIMATUM | The Bourne ___, third film in a series of action thrillers starring 20D (9) |
| ROCKY | First name of a "zero to hero" boxer character played by Sylvester Stallone (5) |
| TAKEN | Series of action films starring Liam Neeson. (5) |
| CROFT | Lara -, archaeologist heroine of the Tomb Raider series of action-adventure games (5) |
| DREDD | 1995 film starring Sylvester Stallone in the title role (5,5) |
| BUGLE | Instrument traditionally used to sound the Last Post; war veteran, Bill Osborne, 92, honours the fallen every Remembrance Day with a performance in the garden of his Ellesmere Port home (5) |
| JUDGE | 1995 film starring Sylvester Stallone in the title role (5) |
| ANZAC | Aussie war veteran (inits) |
| DIEHARD | The first in a series of action movies featuring Bruce Willis (3,4) |
| AZTEC | ___Club (Mexican War veterans' group) |
| MISSION | ___: Impossible, series of action films starring Tom Cruise as Ethan Hunt (pictured) (7) |
| DANIEL | Elton John song about a Vietnam War veteran |
| MORRELL | David, author whose debut novel First Blood introduced Vietnam War veteran Rambo (7) |
| JUDGEDREDD | Comics enforcer played by Stallone in a 1995 film |
| NED | Vietnam War veteran on South Park |
| GREATPOLISH | Sculpture near Peebles by an East-European war veteran, 'The - Map of Scotland' (5,6) |
| AUTO | Grand Theft _ _ _ _ , series of action adventure video games first released in 1997 (4) |
