| COLONEL | Rank in the British Army that is equivalent to captain in the Royal Navy (7) |
| SUBEDAR | Indian officer in the British Indian Army, of a rank equivalent to captain |
| MAJOR | Rank in the British Army that is superior to captain and subordinate to lieutenant-colonel (5) |
| WAUGH | Captain in the Royal Marines during the Second World War who wrote novels including Decline and Fall |
| SAS | Specialist regiment of the British army that is trained in commando techniques (3) |
| EJECT | Send out direction to captain in aircraft |
| BILLION | Number in the US which is equivalent to the traditional British thousand million or milliard (7) |
| MARSHAL | Officer holding the highest rank in the British army (5,7) |
| PRIVATE | Soldier of the lowest rank in the British Army (7) |
| EFFENDI | In Turkey, what title of respect is equivalent to sir or Mr? (7) |
| QUARTER | Which fraction is equivalent to twenty-five per cent? (7) |
| SPARROW | Jack ---, fictional captain in the Pirates Of The Caribbean film series (7) |
| BUTTLER | Hard-hitting batsman and wicketkeeper who is the Royals' vice-captain in the 2021 IPL |
| JARDINE | Douglas, the England cricket captain in the bodyline tour of Australia, 1932-33 (7) |
| PARISSE | Sergio ....... , Italy captain in the 2011 Rugby World Cup; the country's most-capped player (7) |
| AMOUNTS | Is equivalent (to) |
| ORTHROS | Part of Ampleforth rosary is equivalent to lauds |
| GALLON | A unit of liquid volume that is equivalent to the ninth of a firkin in brewing (6) |
| SHORTTON | Unit of weight in the avoirdupois system equal to 2,000 pounds (907.18 kg) in the United States. The long ton in Britain, to which this unit is often compared, is equivalent to 2,240 pounds (1,016.05 |
| PACIFIC | Dad caught one half-fish with captain in the ocean (7) |
