| STENGUN | Light 9 mm weapon formerly used in the British Army |
| STEN | Light 9 mm weapon formerly used in the British Army |
| GUN | see 5dn, Light 9 mm weapon formerly used in the British Army |
| NORM | - gun, light 9 mm sub-machine-gun formerly used in the British Army (4) |
| CUTLASS | Weapon formerly used in the navy (7) |
| STENGUNS | Light, 9mm sub-machine-guns formerly used in the British Army, developed during World War II (4,4) |
| QUARTERSTAFF | Stout iron-tipped wooden weapon formerly used in England (12) |
| SHARPESCOMPANY | The 13th historical novel in a series by Bernard Cornwell about a rifleman in the British Army, featuring the siege of Badajoz during the peninsular war (7,7) |
| GRENADIER | In the British Army, a member of the senior regiment of infantry in the Household Brigade (9) |
| LASTPOST | In the British Army, the second of two bugle calls signalling the end of the day, originally sounded after a duty officer's inspection of a camp (4,4) |
| FLYINGOFFICER | Junior commissioned rank in the Royal Air Force equivalent to a Lieutenant in the British Army or the Royal Marines |
| YEOMANRY | The Royal _, senior light cavalry regiment in the British Army Reserve (8) |
| WRAC | The last entirely female force in the British Army, disbanded in 1992 |
| SANDHURST | Berkshire seat of the Royal Military Academy where all officers in the British Army are trained (9) |
| AIDEDECAMP | Personal assistant to a senior officer in the British Army, equivalent to a flag lieutenant in the Royal Navy (4-2-4) |
| COLONEL | Rank in the British Army that is equivalent to captain in the Royal Navy (7) |
| TOLKIEN | J.R.R. ___ author of The Lord of the Rings who served in the British army during WWI |
| SUBALTERN | Commissioned officer in the British army below the rank of captain, typically a lieutenant or second lieutenant (9) |
| FIELD | Officer holding the highest rank in the British army (5,7) |
| MARSHAL | Officer holding the highest rank in the British army (5,7) |
