| CONSCRIPTED | Like many a soldier or prisoner given words to say (11) |
| PAROLEE | Ex-prisoner given word of encouragement for keeping in trim |
| CUE | Actor given word to line up (3) |
| ETYMONS | True origins of given words (7) |
| CONTEMPLATE | Prisoner given a short time in church to reflect |
| CONTENTMENT | Satisfied state prisoner given temporary accommodation intended for hearing |
| CONFINEMENT | Prisoner given punishment encountered any number inside being locked up |
| CONFEDERATE | Allied prisoner given food by English judge |
| CONSTRAINED | Prisoners given exercises kept within bounds (11) |
| MARINE | Latin for "sea", hence a word for a soldier or "jolly" serving on board a ship; nautical service; naval affairs; or, in art, a seascape or ship portrait (6) |
| CANTEEN | Name for a soldier or camper's water bottle, flask or mess kit; or, a wooden box/case for storing a set of cutlery (7) |
| CAPONIER | Word, from the Spanish or French for "chicken house, cockerel coop", for a fort's covered hutch-like tunnel for a soldier or a troop (8) |
| BIGFAN | Two words to say if you happen to meet a celebrity and you're too starstruck to think of anything original |
| SPLOOTS | *Flattens out like a hot resting dog (just a fun word to say) |
| CREMONA | Many a soldier takes girl to Italian town (7) |
| MAGIC | Conjuring for many a soldier to see |
| DATA | From the Latin for "something given", word for facts, figures or statistics collected for analysis/ reference or input to a computer (4) |
| WARRIOR | A soldier or fighter (or, perhaps, a rainbow?) (7) |
| MEDAL | As presented to a soldier or a successful Olympian (5) |
| GRACE | Girl has a few words to say before eating (5) |
