| LACONIC | Saying few words, the French Commander-in-Chief holding on |
| MONTCALM | The French commander who lost his life during the defence of Quebec in September 1759 (8) |
| CAPSTAN | I left chief holding small rotating drum (7) |
| STRING | Police chief holding one end of rubber thing with unknown length |
| FOCH | Ferdinand ?, French commander in chief of Allied armies on the Western front in the First World War |
| FERDINANDFOCH | French commander-in-chief of Allied forces during the First World War (9,4) |
| UNCOMFORTABLE | A French commander in strategic position is competent, yet feeling unease |
| FEWER | "The ___ the words, the better the prayer": Martin Luther |
| LECLERC | Jacques-Philippe, French commander who received the surrender of Paris in 1944 (7) |
| KIDDED | Pull the wool over the old French commander's eyes? (6) |
| KIDNEY | Pull the wool over the old French commander's eyes? (6) |
| EMPIRESTATE | In 1931 when it was completed, this was the tallest skyscraper in the word; The ... Building (6,5) |
| STAB | Attempt, have a ... at When you've solved the crossword, the letters on the shaded squares, reading left to right, top to bottom, spell a mystery word. The mystery word |
| EMIR | Independent ruler or chieftain in Islamic countries of the Middle East; from Arabic via French, 'commander' (4) |
| ACTION | 'Suit the ___ to the word, the word to the ___' (Hamlet) (6) |
| COMBINATION | Waitress: "In other words, the ___. Comin' right up." |
| PEABODY | Broadcasting award inscribed with the words "The University of Georgia" |
| BOTTOMLINE | A few mechanical words the deciding factor |
| SYNONYM | Nearly empty, my son is nuts - in other words, the same (7) |
| UNBECOMING | A French commander getting involved in wild binge is inappropriate |
