| CONTINGENT | Number of note in of Europe, soldiers for example (10) |
| TEN | Downing St. number of note |
| TWELVE | Number of notes in the chromatic scale |
| ACHT | Number of notes in einer Oktave |
| EIGHT | Number of notes in an octave |
| ANECDOTIST | Storyteller dictates first couple of notes in the wrong order |
| OREGON | Common soldiers, for example, operating in state (6) |
| LEGION | Group of soldiers, for example, skirted by wild cat (6) |
| GEIGERCOUNTER | Two soldiers, for example, rising against detection equipment (6,7) |
| SPECIMEN | Half specialist soldiers, for example (8) |
| REENACT | Play the part of a Civil War soldier for example |
| REGULAR | Soldier, for example, in rural outfit (7) |
| ARPEGGIO | Hammer out opera gig for one of those of note in succession (8) |
| MELISMA | Musical term for singing one syllable over a number of notes (7) |
| LIBERTINE | Relative extent for a number of notes (5) |
| SCALE | Relative extent for a number of notes (5) |
| VETERANS | Ex-soldiers, for example (8) |
| ADAMANT | Determined soldier, for example, behind a barrier (7) |
| DISPARAGE | Is soldier for example retreating after duke's ridicule? (9) |
| NEGLIGENT | Book discovered in place of note in dressing gown - careless! (9) |
