| REDCOAT | Old soldier, or cadet once trained (7) |
| COLLEGE | Cambridge institution let girl go, once trained (6,7) |
| CANTEEN | Name for a soldier or camper's water bottle, flask or mess kit; or, a wooden box/case for storing a set of cutlery (7) |
| TROOPER | A cavalry soldier or their horse; or, a person considered reliable, resilient or uncomplaining (7) |
| WARRIOR | A soldier or fighter (or, perhaps, a rainbow?) (7) |
| DESERTRAT | Old soldier or sailor coming back on leave (6,3) |
| CARBINEER | Old soldier or cavalryman (9) |
| PARAGON | Head north following soldier or saint (7) |
| KITBAGS | Soldier or sailor's traditional canvas holdalls for personal belongings (7) |
| ORDERLY | Soldier or hospital attendant (7) |
| ESCORTS | People, soldiers or vehicles accompanying others for protection, guidance, restraint, or as a mark of honour (7) |
| BUNKERS | They might contain soldiers, or golfers (7) |
| BIVOUAC | A temporary encampment, as used by soldiers or mountaineers (7) |
| COLUMNS | Soldiers or leaders, perhaps (7) |
| TRAITOR | Characteristic shown by soldiers - or disloyal type (7) |
| LANCERS | Light cavalry soldiers, or 19th-century dance (7) |
| BANTAMS | Miniature but feisty fowls, hence small soldiers or featherlight boxers (7) |
| UNIFORM | Clothes worn by soldiers or schoolchildren (7) |
| REDCOATS | Soldiers or cadets, possibly (8) |
| GIRTON | Cambridge institution let girl go, once trained (6,7) |
