| ADMIRALS | Naval officers of the highest rank commanding a fleet or squadron (8) |
| ADMIRAL | A commander of a naval fleet or squadron (7) |
| OFFICERS | Soldiers of rank, commanding ... |
| GENERALS | Officers of the highest rank (8) |
| AF | Naval officer of the highest rank (abbr) (2) |
| FLOTILLA | A small fleet, or a fleet of small vessels (8) |
| FIVESTAR | ____ general, a military officer of the highest rank (4,4) |
| OCCURRED | Happened to be the person commanding a dog, like a setter (8) |
| STEWARDS | Managers of large estates, farms or manors; officers of royal households; race marshals; flight attendants; or, college caterers (8) |
| SHERIFFS | In the US, the chief law enforcement officers of particular counties (8) |
| NAVY | A fleet; or, dark blue, like the colour of the uniforms of the crew, marines sailors, seamen/women serving aboard the warships of said force (4) |
| SUBPOENA | Writ commanding a person's presence in court under penalty (8) |
| COLONELS | Officers of high rank (8) |
| EXON | One of the four commanding officers of the Yeomen of the Guard (4) |
| GROOM | Palfrenier; lad; title of several officers of the royal household; or, a fiance or husband-to-be (5) |
| EXONS | The lowest-ranking officers of the Yeomen of the Guard (5) |
| WRIT | Former legal document issued in the name of the Crown or a court, commanding a person to do or refrain from doing some specified act (4) |
| PURSUIVANTS | Officers of the College of Arms - Rouge Croix, Bluemantle, Rouge Dragon or Portcullis (11) |
| ROUGE | The ____ Dragon Pursuivant and ____ Croix Pursuivant are junior officers of the College of Arms |
| ABBREVIATORS | Those who shorten and formerly a college of officers of the papal court (12) |
