| TRAUMAS | Must the Royal Australian Artillery give us such shocks? |
| RADAR | There's a doctor in the Australian artillery to screen 'blips' |
| APPALS | Slap Pa back for giving such shocks (6) |
| MORTARS | Tom's joined the Royal Australian Regiment - we're in the Artillery (7) |
| IMPETUS | That little devil, the alien, shows us such moving force (7) |
| OVERRAN | Lover deserted leader with Royal Australian Navy outnumbered (7) |
| GETONES | Adjust to conditions, as must the batsman Polyphemus? (3,4,3,2) |
| RAREGAS | Herb returns with Royal Australian Regiment to Krypton, perhaps (4,3) |
| COTINGA | Colourful bird of tropical Central and South America such as the white bellbird or Andean cock-of-the-rock (7) |
| HICKORY | Nut-bearing tree of North America such as the Pignut ___ or Nutmeg ___ (7) |
| SERIEMA | Large, long-legged territorial bird of South America such as the red-legged - (7) |
| MORTAR | Tom joins the Royal Australian Regiment and has control of the artillery piece |
| LIVEOAK | Evergreen hardwood tree of North America such as the Southern - whose timber was used in shipbuildin |
| ROULETTES | The Royal Australian Air Force's formation aerobatic display team, with "The" |
| ARDENT | The fiery look of Ted in the Royal Australian Navy (6) |
| SAPPER | Name a private in the Royal Australian Engineers (6) |
| PAUL | Royal Australian Air Force pilot in the Second World War; author of volumes The Dam Busters and The Great Escape (4,9) |
| BRICKHILL | Royal Australian Air Force pilot in the Second World War; author of volumes The Dam Busters and The Great Escape (4,9) |
| OUTCASTS | Thanks to us, such cost is restricted to the socially unacceptable (8) |
| PAULBRICKHILL | Royal Australian Air Force pilot in WWII; author of volumes The Dam Busters and The Great Escape |
