| POWELL | Colin, US general who became chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff in 1989 (6) |
| BOEHLY | Todd, U.S. businessman who became chairman of Chelsea FC in 2022 (6) |
| IKE | US general who became president, in short (3) |
| PATTON | George, US general who captured Palermo in 1942 (6) |
| DOUGLASMACARTHUR | US general who accepted the surrender of Japan in 1945 |
| BRASSS | Members of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, e.g. |
| COLINPOWELL | Who was the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff during the Gulf War? (5,6) |
| BRADLEY | Omar -, US Army general who was Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff from 1949-53 (7) |
| OMAR | First name of the first chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff |
| COLIN | Powell, the first black chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff |
| OMARBRADLEY | US Army officer; Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff from 1949-53 (4,7) |
| WARDEN | Joint chief of staff in military bunker? |
| HUERTA | Victoriano ---, Mexican general who became president of the country by coup in 1913 (6) |
| BISTRO | Open bar to begin with for most of staff in small restaurant (6) |
| AFFINE | Some members of staff in extended family (6) |
| STROUD | Reduction of staff in equestrian centre in Gloucestershire town |
| SPLITS | Chiefs of staff put liquor in their scrumptious banana desserts |
| JAMESBAKER | Chief of Staff in Ronald Reagan's first administration and in the final year of the administration of George H W Bush |
| RAHMEMANUEL | Former Chief of Staff in the Obama White House |
| MAJORDOMO | Chief of staff in Conservative party cut content from manifesto (5-4) |
