| OFFICERS | Pistol not used at the front by armed forces is, if adapted (8,7) |
| SIDEARM | Pistol not used at the front by armed forces is, if adapted (8,7) |
| THESOUNDOFMUSIC | Tunes do so much if adapted properly for film (3,5,2,5) |
| AWOL | Acronym used when a member of the armed forces is away without permission (4) |
| SOLDIER | One person in the armed forces is older surprisingly (7) |
| AUGER | I bore a pistol, not large |
| REARGUARDACTION | Something not done at the front by protector? (9,6) |
| SECONDINCOMMAND | What O is, if M is head of MI5? (6-2-7) |
| CONCH | Shell casings at the front by Old North Church (5) |
| PRIVY | Garden shed perhaps rotted at the front by creeper |
| DRESSER | Smaller cut at the front by doctor, one working in theatre (7) |
| BEESIDETHEPOINT | What it is if moot to a drone? |
| MILLINERY | Craft: ship defended by armed forces deserted by one sailor (9) |
| EPAULET | Ornamental shoulder piece usually used as insignia by armed forces (7) |
| WARTEST | Singer 26Dn confused by armed forces' rehearsal (3,4) |
| STILTON | List not used at the cheese counter (7) |
| RHUMB | Rector's finger cut in the front by a point in compass (5) |
| PURLIEU | Border stitch that is used at the front (7) |
| MILITARY | Woman has one illuminated by armed forces |
| REGIMENT | Which military unit of ground forces is commanded by a lieutenant colonel (8) |
