| GEENA | Star of Commander in Chief (----- Davis) |
| PRESTIGE | Reputation of Commander-in-Chief that of a fool, raised an Earl? |
| BOOTH | Assassin of commander-in-chief and army general (5) |
| DAVIS | Geena of Commander in Chief |
| MONCK | Originally Cromwell's commander-in-chief in Scotland, the Devon-born soldier who later became a key figure in negotiating the restoration of the monarchy to Charles II in 1660 (5) |
| GENERALISSIMO | The chief commander of an army; Commander in Chief |
| ADMIRABLE | Be hugging foot of commander worthy of respect (9) |
| MARLBOROUGH | Duke of ?, Allied commander-in-chief in the War of the Spanish Succession (11) |
| HAIG | Douglas ---, commander in chief of the British forces in France during most of the First World War (4) |
| CLIVE | Robert ---, agent of the East India Company and Commander-in-Chief of British India in 1756 (5) |
| SCHEER | Reinhard, German naval commander who was commander-in-chief at the Battle of Jutland in 1916 (6) |
| FOCH | Ferdinand, marshal of France who was commander in chief of Allied armies on the Western front in the First World War (4) |
| NAUTILUS | The American nuclear-powered submarine which sailed under the North Pole icecap in August 1958, under the captaincy of Commander W.R. Anderson, U.S.N. (8) |
| OCCUR | Take place of commander with dog |
| OFFCOLOUR | Sick of commander interrupting meal (3-6) |
| COHERE | Stick together at this place under leadership of commander (6) |
| RAVEN | Black, far from bold, shot of commander at the front |
| COLOSSUS | Statue of commander facing defeat by Uncle Sam |
| JAMES | P. D. _; creator of Commander Adam Dalgliesh (5) |
| NATO | Kind of commander |
