| LIFEGUARDS | Senior regiment of the British Army that with the Blues and Royals makes up the Household Cavalry |
| KESAR | Old royal makes active king when mother's gone |
| GRENADIER | In the British Army, a member of the senior regiment of infantry in the Household Brigade |
| GUARDS | Life -; regiment of the Household Cavalry with the Blues and Royals (6) |
| THEBLUES | ___ and Royals, British army regiment that is part of the Household Cavalry (3,5) |
| SCOTSGUARDS | A regiment of the British Army that dates back to 1642 (5,6) |
| SAS | Specialist regiment of the British army that is trained in commando techniques (3) |
| HOUSEHOLD | - Cavalry; Life Guards and the Blues and Royals combined as a regiment (9) |
| ROYALENGINEERS | Branch of the British Army that undertakes the building of fortifications, mines, bridges, etc |
| HOUSEHOLDCAVALRY | The Life Guards and the Blues and Royals, collectively |
| DRAGOON | The Royal Scots - Guards; cavalry regiment of the British Army with its HQ in Edinburgh Castle (7) |
| COLDSTREAMGUARDS | Regiment of the British Army which has its home on the north bank of the River Tweed (10,6) |
| COLONEL | Rank in the British Army that is equivalent to captain in the Royal Navy (7) |
| MAJOR | Rank in the British Army that is superior to captain and subordinate to lieutenant-colonel (5) |
| ARTILLERY | The A of RA as a regiment of the British Army (9) |
| NHL | Group with the Blues and the Blue Jackets: Abbr. |
| ALPHA | The first Greek letter that, with the second letter "beta", forms the origin of the name given to a system of letters we use to write (5) |
| GRENADIERS | Guardsmen of a senior regiment whose role includes Trooping the Colour and defending Buckingham Palace in bearskins and scarlet tunics (10) |
| VIET | and 20dn, Political organisation and army that fought the US and South Vietnamese governments during the Vietnam War |
| COLDSTREAM | Borders town, home to a guards regiment of the British Army (10) |
