| THEOCRACY | The commander's rather naughty religious ruling (9) |
| PRURIENT | Park Run around most of the country backed for first time by type that's rather naughty (8) |
| IMPASTO | One who's rather naughty regarding painting technique |
| UNDERSTATEMENTS | ...for low-key commentaries, like saying Loki and Lucifer are rather naughty? (15) |
| COMPASSES | The commander hands over the instruments (9) |
| RESSALDAR | The commander of a troop of Indian cavalry (9) |
| FIRSTMATE | Officer directly subordinate to the commander (5,4) |
| REDSKINS | Now called the Commanders, what was the name of the NFL team in Washington DC until 2020? (8) |
| FATWA | Religious ruling defended by chief at Walsingham (5) |
| FATWAH | Religious ruling bulging with wrath, regularly |
| ADMIRALS | Who are the commanders in-chief of navies (8) |
| NFL | The Commanders' org. |
| IMPERATORIBUS | For the commanders, and later emperors |
| SERENA | ___ Joy, the Commander's wife in dystopian novel The Handmaid's Tale (6) |
| DESERT | Nickname, used by his foes as well as friends, of the commander of the Afrika Korps during the Second World War (3,6,3) |
| FOX | Nickname, used by his foes as well as friends, of the commander of the Afrika Korps during the Second World War (3,6,3) |
| THE | Nickname, used by his foes as well as friends, of the commander of the Afrika Korps during the Second World War (3,6,3) |
| GENERALHAIG | Ronald Reagan's first Secretary of State or the commander of the British Expeditionary Force during much of the First World War |
| SLIM | Surname of the commander of the 14th "forgotten" army of the Second World War (4) |
| JOAB | In the Bible, the nephew of King David and the commander of his army (4) |
