| COUNSELLOR | Senior officer in the diplomatic service (10) |
| AIDEDECAMP | Personal assistant to a senior officer in the British Army, equivalent to a flag lieutenant in the Royal Navy (4-2-4) |
| EGOCENTRIC | Selfish Englishman beginning to rant about senior officer in charge (10) |
| TOUROFDUTY | Obligatory trip this period of diplomatic service (4,2,4) |
| RELEGATION | Sending down about the diplomatic mission |
| CLEITUS | Senior officer in the Macedonian army who was murdered by Alexander the Great in 328BC (7) |
| SEALORD | Senior officer in the Royal Navy |
| COLONEL | Senior officer in the army, air force or marines (7) |
| BRASSHAT | Senior officer in the military (5,3) |
| REARADMIRAL | Senior officer in the navy (4,7) |
| RANCID | Rank needed to be in the Diplomatic Corps in Iran (6) |
| WINGCOMMANDER | A senior officer in the RAF, junior to a group captain (4,9) |
| ADMIRALS | One left dramas arranged for senior officers, in the main (8) |
| CROWD | A lot of people are argumentative in the Diplomatic Corps (5) |
| CHILD | Son or daughter, Hilary, half in the Diplomatic Corps (5) |
| CLASSED | Seals thus broken in the Diplomatic Corps are graded (7) |
| CAD | In the Diplomatic Corps, a person who's a rotter (3) |
| EDICT | Decree a tie in the Diplomatic Corps |
| CIDER | In the Diplomatic Corps one will sound hesitant as to drink (5) |
| VERSED | Didn't go on with rest from work in the Diplomatic Corps (6) |
