| DISHELM | To deprive someone (eg a soldier) of their headgear (7) |
| RECRUIT | Newly enlisted member, e.g. a soldier, police officer (7) |
| ARREST | To deprive someone of liberty by taking them into custody, especially under lawful authority (6) |
| BEARSKINS | Stands in front of royals: guards, at the start, going for their headgear (9) |
| CHANCEENCOUNTER | Bumping into someone, e.g. |
| SPY | Bug someone, e.g. |
| PRIVATE | Churchman takes in Victor in place of Mike, a soldier of the lowest rank (7) |
| UNNERVE | To deprive of confidence or strength (7) |
| ATTAINT | Archaic term for to deprive of rights by conviction for treason (7) |
| ENSLAVE | Deprive (someone) of liberty |
| ROBOTIC | So unthinking to deprive of hearing? |
| UNFROCK | To deprive ecclesiastical rank or authority |
| MERC | A short or informal name of a car symbolised by a three-pointed star; or, a soldier of fortune (4) |
| ADVENTURER | Word for a gambler; a soldier of fortune; a financial speculator; or, a chevalier d'industrie, swashbuckler or other explorer engaging in daring deeds, exciting exploits or risky romps (10) |
| REDCOAT | A British soldier of the 17th to 19th centuries; or a more recent holiday camp employee (7) |
| ARTIFICER | A soldier of the Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers selected for special electro-mechanical training and rapid promotion to the rank of Staff Sergeant |
| HUSSAR | Originally a Hungarian light horseman, later a soldier of a light cavalry regiment, usually elegantly dressed (6) |
| HOPLITE | Name a heavily armed foot soldier of ancient Greece (7) |
| APPAL | To deprive a chap of a companion, mate, is a horrifying thing to do |
| EBADOT | A Test fast bowler who calls himself a soldier of the Bangladeshi Air Force. (6) |
