| CDR | Commander, in short ? (3) |
| COCOA | Drink provided by commander in short outdoor garment |
| MONCK | Originally Cromwell's commander-in-chief in Scotland, the Devon-born soldier who later became a key figure in negotiating the restoration of the monarchy to Charles II in 1660 (5) |
| SCHEER | Reinhard, German naval commander who was commander-in-chief at the Battle of Jutland in 1916 (6) |
| HAIG | Commander-in-Chief of British forces in France in World War I (4) |
| CHIEF | Commander In ....., Derby winner in 1993 (5) |
| PREZ | The US commander in chief in slang |
| POTUS | Commander in chief, for short |
| CHAOTIC | Commander-in-Chief got angry about area in uproar (7) |
| FOCH | Ferdinand ?, French commander in chief of Allied armies on the Western front in World War I (4) |
| CLIVE | Robert ---, Commander in Chief of British India in the 18th Century (5) |
| MARLBOROUGH | Duke of ?, Allied commander-in-chief in the War of the Spanish Succession (11) |
| CODWAR | Short cut taken by commander in dispute once |
| COGNAC | Liquor in tin commander in chief brought back |
| FOCUS | Commander in endless agitation in centre of activity |
| BOMBERHARRIS | Nickname of the Second World War RAF commander-in-chief who oversaw attacks on Berlin and Nuremberg in 1944 |
| GENERALISSIMO | The chief commander of an army; Commander in Chief |
| WADE | George ___ (1673 - 1748)Irish-born soldier who became Commander-in-chief of the Forces in 1745 (4) |
| LEE | Robert E. -, commander-in-chief of the Southern armies in the American Civil War (3) |
| DOUGLASHAIG | British field marshal; commander-in-chief of the British forces in France and Flanders (1915-18) |
