| MAJORS | Name the commissioned officers who rank above captains (6) |
| SUPERINTENDENTS | Police officers in the UK who rank above chief inspectors (15) |
| STALAG | German POW camp for non-commissioned officers (6) |
| ENSIGN | What is the lowest rank of commissioned officer in the US and some other navies, above chief warrant officer and below lieutenant? (6) |
| MAJOR | Word appended to the surname of the senior of two brothers at the same school for boys; or, a rank above captain (5) |
| BREVET | A warrant authorising a commissioned officer to hold a higher rank temporarily, but usually without receiving the pay of that higher rank |
| DALTON | Scientist has tutor entertaining a commissioned officer (6) |
| COBALT | A commissioned officer briefly trampled on by horse becomes blue (6) |
| BRONCO | Brother, non-commissioned officer, finds horse (6) |
| UNCORK | In the UK, non-commissioned officer ranks start to crack |
| REAR | ___ admiral (Navy rank above captain) |
| RANKER | Commissioned officer, one giving order |
| CARDINAL | In the Roman Catholic Church, a member of the Sacred College who ranks next after the pope (8) |
| PETTYOFFICERS | Rank of non-commissioned officers in the navy (5,8) |
| SEALORD | Either of the two most senior naval officers who sit on the Admiralty Board of the Ministry of Defence (3,4) |
| SURLYMAJORS | Officers who woke up on the wrong side of the cot? |
| COMMODORE | Rank in the British navy above captain and below rear admiral (9) |
| LIEUTENANTS | Those who rank below a captain instead of lessees |
| EARLDOMS | Ranks of aristocrats who rank between marquess and viscount (8) |
| GRANDEES | Those who rank highly need rags desperately (8) |
