| HOSTAGES | Prisoners of the army for a long time (8) |
| TRAITORSGATE | Entrance through which many prisoners of the Tudors arrived at the Tower of London (8,4) |
| SOFIA | ___ Boutella, star of film Prisoners of the Ghostland (5) |
| RAT | James Clavell's gripping novel about prisoners of the Japanese during WWII, King ... |
| SOLDIERS | Which persons serve in the army for pay (8) |
| PENDULUM | The _ _ _ _, short story by Edgar Allan Poe about the torture of a prisoner of the Spanish Inquisition (3,3,3,8) |
| ROUT | Word derived from the idea of a broken army for a decisive defeat; a noisy rabble; a large evening party or reception; or, a pack of wolves (4) |
| STATUARY | Terracotta Army, for example, mostly standing on a track (8) |
| HOMELAND | American TV series starring Claire Danes and Damian Lewis. based on the Israeli series Prisoners of War (8) |
| CAPTURES | Makes prisoners of true characters in headgear (8) |
| MOBILISE | Prepare an army for war (8) |
| LAMBHOLM | Orkney island on which prisoners of war in WWII built an Italian church (4,4) |
| RESERVES | Army corps is in the army, say, or part of the army |
| DEGAULLE | Author of "The Army of the Future" |
| REGIMENT | System of diet and exercise revealed by head of the army unit (8) |
| BRIGADES | A stir in the navy assists, we hear, parts of the army |
| INFANTRY | Supporter fills in test for part of the army (8) |
| APOLOGIA | A game soldier joined leader of the army in selfdefence (8) |
| SERVICE | The army, for example, has tight grip on half of Serbia (7) |
| COLCANNON | Officer fired from the army for feeding this to the locals (9) |
