| FRITZ | Name given to German soldiers (5) |
| KAISER | In history, name given to German emperor Wilhelm II (6) |
| BOCHE | WWI term for German Soldiers |
| FRONT | Novel by Erich Maria Remarque about a German soldier in Wortd War I, made into films in 1930, 1979 and 2022 (3,5,2,3,7,5) |
| ONTHE | Novel by Erich Maria Remarque about a German soldier in Wortd War I, made into films in 1930, 1979 and 2022 (3,5,2,3,7,5) |
| MITRE | Headgear associated with German soldier (5) |
| OTTO | Books given to German bloke |
| KRAUT | A German soldier (slang) |
| BETTE | Greene who wrote "Summer of My German Soldier" |
| EASTEREGG | English plant, say, given to German as a seasonal gift (6,3) |
| CLUBS | Equivalent to German "acorns". playing cards denoted by black trefoils in a suit of the same name (5) |
| RIOJA | Brazilian city shortly to say yes to German Spanish wine (5) |
| HOUND | Small house added to German dog (5) |
| ESSEN | Monster drops one, going back to German city (5) |
| TRIER | Row across river to German city (5) |
| ANNIE | Musical introduced to German niece (5) |
| JACOB | He said yes to German corn (5) |
| BROWN | British bank close to German ex-chancellor (5) |
| MOTTO | Saying much, initially, to German boy (5) |
| NIGER | Part of UK allied to German land |
