| CONSCRIPTS | They're obliged to serve in a private capacity (10) |
| CONSCRIPT | He is forced to serve in a private capacity (9) |
| REDUCEDTOTHE | Made to serve in a private capacity again (7,2,3,5) |
| RANKS | Made to serve in a private capacity again (7,2,3,5) |
| TAKEORDERS | What you might have to do in a private capacity to become a father? (4,6) |
| STANDINGAT | Relaxing in a private capacity, maybe (8,2,4) |
| ENLIST | To join in a private capacity? (6) |
| DESERT | Make an unauthorised departure in a private capacity! (6) |
| EASE | Relaxing in a private capacity, maybe (8,2,4) |
| TROOP | Kind of ship used mainly for those in a private capacity (5) |
| MATCHPOINT | Decisive serve in a tennis match (5,5) |
| OFFICER | A person authorised to serve in a position of authority on a vessel (7) |
| STATIONED | Assigned to serve in a particular place (9) |
| EDIBLE | Fit to serve, in a way |
| GARAGESALE | Agrees to gala being relaunched in a private market (6,4) |
| AMOS | Valerie ___ (b.1954), politician and peer, the first black woman to serve in a UK Cabinet (4) |
| NORMMINETA | First Asian-American to serve in the Cabinet |
| HOUSEPARTY | Company of guests spending some days in a private dwelling (5,5) |
| MILITIAMAN | One ready to serve in an emergency |
| CHAMPAGNE | "Thank you, ladies and gentlemen. If you can avoid opening bottles of ___ when the players are about to serve" (warning from the chair umpire when a loud pop was heard courtwide just as American Amand |
