| WILDGEESE | Name given to Irish soldiers who served in continental European armies from the 17th Century on. (4,5) |
| DESERTRATS | Soldiers who served with the British 7th Armoured Division in North Africa in 1941-42 (6,4) |
| WADE | George ___ (1673 - 1748), Irish soldier who was Commander-in-chief North Britain (1724 - 40) (4) |
| HOSTS | Is entertaining armies from the past (5) |
| RANKLE | Grade given to Irish ship might cause annoyance |
| UKELELE | A saint from head to toe, the continental European. (What a plonker!) (7) |
| GERMANE | Relevant continental European (7) |
| DESERTRAT | Nickname for a soldier who served in an heroic WWII North African division (6,3) |
| VETERAN | Soldier who served in a war (7) |
| SGRAVENHAGE | Official name for The Hague used from the 17th century onwards (1-10) |
| TOUR | Word used from the 17th century to describe a journey visiting a number of places that originally meant a turn or spell of work (4) |
| LHASA | Capital of Tibet, residence of the Dalai Lamas from the 17th century until 1959 (5) |
| SALON | From the 17th Century, an assembly of guests in a fashionable household, especially literary or artistic figures (5) |
| SNUFF | What powdered substance was popular in England from the 17th to the early 19th century? (5) |
| BURKE | Robert O'Hara ?, Irish soldier, leader of the first expedition across Australia from south to north, who died in 1861 |
| EASTINDIAMAN | General name for certain ships used by the major European trading powers from the 17th to 19th centuries, some of which were known as "tea clippers" |
| HATTERS | Mercury used in the making of felt caused brain damage to which group of workers from the 17th to 20th centuries? (7) |
| SABRE | Cavalry sword with a curved blade and single cutting edge, common in Europe from the 17th to the 19th centuries (5) |
| WHIG | Member of one of the two UK political parties from the 17th to 19th centuries (4) |
| MOIDORES | Portuguese gold coin used from the 17th to 20th Century, minted in several colonies (8) |
