| BLIGHTY | Term for England used by soldiers of the First and Second World Wars |
| KNEE | Wounded_ the site of an 1890 massacre of Lakota people by soldiers of the United States Army (4) |
| DOUGHBOYS | Regional name for flour-based dumplings that bob or float atop soups or stews; or, a nickname for the US soldiers of the First World War (9) |
| CANTEEN | Type of flask used by soldiers, hikers, campers; or, a set of cutlery and the box in which it is stored (7) |
| UBOAT | Type of German submarine used during the in the First and Second World Wars (1-4) |
| AMATOL | High explosive composed of ammonium nitrate and TNT, used extensively during the First and Second World Wars (6) |
| REALIST | Group of soldiers of the top rank? Such won't have fanciful ideas (7) |
| BIVOUAC | Makeshift shelter or camp without a tent, used by soldiers and mountaineers, wilderness trekkers and bushcrafters (7) |
| LEEENFIELD | The standard British military rifle in the First and Second World Wars (3-7) |
| BRITAIN | Collective term for England, Scotland and Wales (5,7) |
| UBOATS | Naval submarines operated by Germany in the First and Second World Wars (1-5) |
| INFRONT | "At the beginning of the line" equivalent: 2 wds. (Theme answer: The first and second parts are the opposites of the first and second parts of 17-Across) |
| OUTBACK | Sparsely-populated Australian area formed by anagramming all but the D of "duck boat" (Theme answer: The first and second parts are the opposites of the first and second parts of 12-Across) |
| PRIVATE | Churchman takes in Victor in place of Mike, a soldier of the lowest rank (7) |
| PIKEMEN | Soldiers of the Middle Ages armed with spears |
| REDCOAT | A British soldier of the 17th to 19th centuries; or a more recent holiday camp employee (7) |
| TOPDOWN | "Hierarchical" synonym whose outer four letters mean "small city": Hyph. (Theme answer: The first and second words are versions of the opposites of the first and second words of 19-Across) |
| BOTTOMSUP | "Time to drink our drinks!" equivalent whose central letters anagram to "outmost": 2 wds. (Theme answer: The first and second words are versions of the opposites of the first and second words of 13-Ac |
| DOUBLEDARE | Twice-as-bold challenge formed by inserting an anagram of "bouldered" into _ _ _ _ _ _ _ A _ _: 2 wds. (Theme answer: The first and second words of this answer are counterparts of the first and second |
| PARASOL | Umbrella used by soldier, so large (7) |
