| LANDGIRL | Woman working for the war effort (4,4) |
| HERON | The woman working for one catching fish (5) |
| SHANNON | Quiet woman working for Irish banker (7) |
| MILKMAID | Woman working on dairy farm (8) |
| WAITRESS | A woman working in a restaurant or cafe (8) |
| RIE | Austrian-born British emigre and studio potter, nee Lucie Gomperz, noted for pared-down pots and for her jewel-like ceramic buttons made for fashion houses and the war effort (3) |
| STORMY | 1930s song characterising the war effort initially (6,7) |
| WEATHER | 1930s song characterising the war effort initially (6,7) |
| TOTE | Keep a vital part of the war effort (4) |
| PATENTLY | One of the old coppers with talent working for The Yard obviously (8) |
| CHAMBERS | Mrs Beach working for the barman (8) |
| VACATION | Order in Vatican working for the holiday (8) |
| NOBLEMAN | Frenchman in Lebanon working for The Count (8) |
| IMPORTER | Businessman who says he's working for the railway? (8) |
| EUROCRAT | A bureaucrat working for the EU (8) |
| HONEYBEE | Has darling been endlessly busy working for the queen? |
| SABOT | Wooden shoe would take an age to damage the war effort (5) |
| CRIMINAL | Heads to Catania, Rimini, Imola and Milan working for The Don (8) |
| WELLS | Born in the later part of the Victoria era, he was one of he earliest writers of science fiction. He is best known for The War of the Worlds and The Time Machine. |
| CAPATOOTH | Work with one of those working on The Crown - the woman working on The Bridge could do that (3,1,5) |
