| STAGER | Veteran in shock losing heart (6) |
| RIGHT | Proper shock losing face (5) |
| VOIGHT | Jon, U.S. actor who won an Oscar for playing a Vietnam veteran in 1978 film Coming Home (6) |
| THEOLD | Jeff Bridges plays a veteran in hiding on - - Man (3,3) |
| OLDTIMER | Vintage car, in German ... or veteran, in English |
| HELDALLTHE | Veteran in hall manoeuvred each set to be in a winning position (4,3,3,4) |
| ACES | Veteran in hall manoeuvred each set to be in a winning position (4,3,3,4) |
| HOLDALLTHEACES | Veteran in hall manoeuvred each set to be in a winning position (4,3,3,4) |
| NAIVETY | One US veteran in no way shows credulousness |
| BOLDEST | Most daring veteran in prime |
| SOLDIERY | Fighting force, with veteran in second line |
| EVENINGSTAR | Venus Williams finally overwhelmed by German veteran in Split |
| SEASONED | Veteran in need as so desperate (8) |
| EXSERVICEMAN | Marshal receives Manx veteran in US (2-10) |
| GOLDENERA | Heyday of veteran in biology classes |
| TALLTALES | Veteran in latest broadcast reported malicious stories (4,5) |
| PROFORMA | Veteran in favour of returning Avtaar's draft (3,5) |
| OLDIE | Film veteran in other words (5) |
| ABRASIVE | Harsh treatment of leading veteran in air base (8) |
| OLDHEAD | Respected veteran, in slang |
