| GIBES | Taunts from US troops about to be fallen in |
| TRAP | It's designed to be fallen into |
| SALLIES | Sorties of troops about to set sail for the French (7) |
| SAVAGES | Crack troops about to get on with five frontal attacks |
| JEERS | Taunts from spectators |
| ARCHES | They can be fallen or golden |
| SOURCEOFDANGER | A well that can easily be fallen into? (6,2,6) |
| PHENOMENON | Phone deployed troops about remarkable event (10) |
| GUANTANAMO | Where US troops are in uniform ... in Georgia ... Montana, possibly? (10) |
| MYLAI | Village in South Vietnam where US troops massacred over 100 civilians in 1968 (2,3) |
| PEASEBLOSSOM | In 3.1, Titania enters with four fairies. She tells them that they must "Be kind and courteous to this gentleman," referring to Bottom. (She has fallen in love with this unusual-looking man.) Two of h |
| GRENADA | US troops invaded this Caribbean island state in 1983 |
| PANAMA | Central American country invaded by US troops in 1989, with its leader later jailed on drug trafficking charges (6) |
| LAST | 1994 NZ murder mystery involving WWII US troops, The ... Tattoo |
| ARMOR | Protective gear for US troops? There's resistance among American soldiers (5) |
| EULOGISED | Praised Brussels journalist keeping watch on US troops |
| SIGMA | Before noon US troops returned letter (5) |
| OASTHOUSE | Hops in here to dry, as if having fallen in river |
| AVIDLY | A few, admitted daily, troop about eagerly |
| COPYEDITORS | DCIs troop about, keeping eyes peeled for correctional officers |
