| HOSTAGES | Prisoners of the army for a long time (8) |
| 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) |
| MOBILISE | Prepare an army for war (8) |
| CAPTURES | Makes prisoners of true characters in headgear (8) |
| TRAITORSGATE | Entrance through which many prisoners of the Tudors arrived at the Tower of London (8,4) |
| LAMBHOLM | Orkney island on which prisoners of war in WWII built an Italian church (4,4) |
| SOFIA | ___ Boutella, star of film Prisoners of the Ghostland (5) |
| 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) |
| APPEAL | York club Nestle Rowntree teamed up with the Salvation Army for a Christmas toys - - - (6) |
| IOTA | I love joining army for a scrap (4) |
| RAT | James Clavell's gripping novel about prisoners of the Japanese during WWII, King ... |
| ENLIST | Join the army, for example (6) |
| BIVOUAC | Temporary living quarters specially built by the army for soldiers (7) |
| SGT | Corporal's superior in the army for short |
| ANDTHE | The _ _ _ _, short story by Edgar Allan Poe about the torture of a prisoner of the Spanish Inquisition (3,3,3,8) |