| REB | Army of the Valley soldier |
| SLIM | Surname of the commander of the 14th "forgotten" army of the Second World War (4) |
| PALMACH | Elite fighting force of the 11, the underground army of the Yishuv (7) |
| MEADE | One leader of the Army of the Potomac |
| POTOMAC | Army of the ___ (Union side at the Battle of Antietam) |
| SEPOYS | Indian troops in the army of the Raj (6) |
| ELLA | Actress Purnell of Army of the Dead |
| OMARIHARDWICK | Army of the Dead actor who plays an FBI agent in The Mother: 2 wds. |
| DAVE | ___ Bautista, star of films My Spy and Army of the Dead (4) |
| CLONE | Trooper in the army of the Republic, in a film |
| SLA | Kidnapping "army" of the '70s |
| TERRITORIAL | Army of the world? (11) |
| RAMBO | "One-man army" of the silver screen |
| DEAD | Zack Snyder zombie film, Army of the ---- (4) |
| DEGAULLE | Author of "The Army of the Future" |
| BELLS | May -; one of the names by which lily of the valley or muguet is known; a plant symbolising the return to happiness according to the language of flowers (5) |
| PIPS | Rhizomes of lilies of the valley; seeds of apples; or, segments forming the skin of pineapples (4) |
| PIP | Word for a single blossom; a lily of the valley rhizome; a chirp of a bird; a dot on a domino; or, from the name of an apple grown from seed, a tiny fruitlet or kernel of a Bramley, Cox, grape, strawb |
| MARSEILLAISE | National anthem whose original title translates as "War Song for the Army of the Rhine" |
| RHIZOME | Underground stem of lily of the valley, or the rootstock of ginger/turmeric (7) |