| LANDGIRLS | Female farm workers during the two World Wars(4,5) |
| UBOAT | A German military submarine used during the two world wars (1,4) |
| OFMICE | John Steinbeck's tale of migrant farm workers during the Great Depression. (2,4,3,3) |
| ANDMEN | John Steinbeck's tale of migrant farm workers during the Great Depression. (2,4,3,3) |
| OFMICEANDMEN | Steinbeck novel about migrant ranch workers during the Great Depression (2,4,3,3) |
| LAND | The - Girls ; film with Rachel Weisz, Anna Friel and others based on female farm workers of the Second World War (4) |
| ELF | Essential worker during the holiday season |
| LUDDITE | General name for a worker during the 19th century who destroyed labour-saving machinery they believe |
| LAFAYETTE | Revolutionary War general with the nickname "The Hero of the Two Worlds" |
| ASDIC | Early form of sonar developed by the British between the two World Wars |
| DAIRYMAID | Female farm worker (9) |
| REPARATION | Compensation extracted from eg Germany after the two world wars (10) |
| AGATE | James ---, English diarist and theatre critic between the two World Wars (5) |
| LEEENFIELD | Rifle used by British Army in Boer War and the two World Wars (3,7) |
| STEIN | Surname of American writer and eccentric; her Paris home was a salon for leading writers and artists between the two world wars (5) |
| TEABREAKS | Crack found in new seat offered to the workers during intervals (3,6) |
| NANNYGOAT | Female farm animal (5,4) |
| IRISHSEA | A vast dump of unexploded munitions from two world wars submerged in which body of water has stymied the idea of building a bridge across it? (5,3) |
| OREO | Cookie that lived through two world wars |
| CAMBRAI | Two World War Two battles here |
