| ARMISTICE | Strange CIA terms covering first military truce (9) |
| SPYMASTER | Revised pay and terms covering second intelligence boss (9) |
| TRADESMAN | Unusual terms covering notice applied to an individual who's skilled (9) |
| OPTICAL | Choose strange CIA novice in sight (7) |
| CARDIACARREST | Eccentric, strange CIA apprehension causes dangerous stoppage |
| CEASE | ___-fire (military truce) |
| EYESFRONT | Observes first military command |
| ALEXANDER | "Great" Macedonian king who had his first military victory at age 18 |
| EGLANTINE | Covering first of lilies, sprawling gentian alongside European plant |
| YEMEN | Site of President Trump's first military action |
| TINPAN | Can laugh, taking first military accessory (3,3) |
| BRAVENEWWORLD | Heroic novel - term covering large book |
| MITRE | New term covering a line in headgear |
| TIKANGA | Term covering Maori law, attitudes and principles (7) |
| CAMEL | India's Border Security Force ____ Band is the world's first military band of its kind |
| AIRPLANE | What Orville Wright publicly tested on July 27, 1909, for use by the U.S. Army, thus marking its first military application |
| ORLEANS | City in northwestern France, scene of Joan of Arc's first military victory against English forces (7) |
| LADY | Luck, for example, with bet covering first in Derby |
| BISTRO | Writer covering first half of stay in small restaurant |
| PIGPEN | Writer covering first Grand Prix in untidy American place (6) |
