| SENA | Marine's new in Indian army |
| SUBEDAR | Indian officer in the British Indian Army, of a rank equivalent to captain |
| CARIAPPA | First Indian C-in-C of the Indian army (8) |
| SEPOY | Soldier in British Indian Army |
| GURKHA | Nepalese soldier serving in the British or Indian army |
| JAWAN | A soldier in the Indian Army (5) |
| RAWALPINDI | City in Pakistan, formerly the largest garrison town of the British Indian Army (10) |
| MANOJ | Indian Army Chief overseeing Operation Sindoor against terrorist camps in Pakistan and Pakistan Occupied Kashmir.(First Name) (5) |
| AUCHINLECK | Claude, British Indian Army commander (10) |
| DIANA | Indian army captured goddess. (5) |
| DEKKO | The look of an old Indian army man? (5) |
| JOHNHANNINGSPEKE | British Indian Army officer who was the first European to reach Lake Victoria (4,7,5) |
| YESENIN | "In this life there's nothing new in dying. / But nor, of course, is living any newer" - last words of Sergei ____, written in his own blood |
| LUNGE | Move in fencing, new in Winter Olympics sport (5) |
| INNOVATE | Bring in something new in a month, at the end of June (8) |
| REINCARNATE | New in career, ain't switched and put in another form |
| HAIRPINBEND | What's found in locks, new in bottom of canal? It's difficult to navigate |
| ANGORA | Wool supplier's new in market place in Athens (6) |
| CONNICKJR | US singer-actor who played Ted Mitchell in 2009 romcom New in Town (5,7,2) See 4D |
| HARRY | US singer-actor who played Ted Mitchell in 2009 romcom New in Town (5,7,2) |
