| NAPALM | Weapon mate used in Vietnam |
| FAIRTOMIDDLING | Reasonable tune queen's mate used in playing violin |
| SHUTTLECOCK | Type of service to go backwards and forwards, mate, used in the game (11) |
| AGENT | "___ Orange", defoliant used in Vietnam war? (5) |
| NAME | Call used in Vietnam evacuation |
| AGENTORANGE | Herbicide used in Vietnam |
| ANTIVENOM | Treatment for poison never used in Vietnam, sadly |
| MADETOMEASURE | A mate used Rome, for a change, to get specially tailored (4,2,7) |
| STEAMBLOWER | Bowler's mate used to boost loco power (5,6) |
| STEAM | Mates used old form of power |
| KISSINGER | American statesman noted for his efforts in establishing ceasefire in Vietnam in 1973, Henry ... |
| ETNA | Mountain in Sicily or in Vietnam (4) |
| DIENBIENPHU | Village in Vietnam that was scene of a major defeat of French forces by the Vietminh in 1954 (4,4,3) |
| USERNAME | Something needed for logging in America, before bringing in Vietnam |
| DIOXIN | What in Agent Orange has been blamed for third-generation deformities in Vietnam? (6) |
| THEQUIETAMERICAN | Graham Green novel set in Vietnam in the early 1950s (3,5,8) |
| MEKONG | Third-longest river in Asia, with a delta in Vietnam (6) |
| MACRON | French President involved in a viral video showing an unusual moment with his wife Brigitte during their arrival in Vietnam. (6) |
| NANG | Da ___ (city in Vietnam) |
| MEKONGKONG | Large ape found in Vietnam? |
