| CUSTER | George _, US cavalry officer at the Battle of The Little Bighorn (6) |
| COMANCHE | Horse who was the sole documented survivor of the US cavalry at the Battle of the Little Bighorn (1876) (8) |
| KERNEL | Sound army officer at the centre of things (6) |
| BRASSY | Tasteless officers, at the end of the day (6) |
| CRAZYHORSE | Leader of the Oglala Lakota who took up arms against the US Federal government, leading a war party at the Battle of the Little Bighorn in June 1876 |
| GALLUP | George __, US pioneer of opinion polling (6) |
| INNESS | George ___, US landscape painter whose works include 1865's Peace And Plenty (6) |
| CORNET | Old cavalry officer requ-iring some brass (6) |
| SEVENTH | Cavalry regiment Lt Col George Custer was serving in when he died at the Battle of the Little Bighorn (7) |
| SITTINGBULL | Native American chief who led the Sioux in the Battle of the Little Bighorn (7,4) |
| FTROOP | 60s US cavalry comedy (1,5) |
| CUSTERSLASTSTAND | Name given to the Battle of the Little Bighorn |
| LASTSTAND | The Battle of the Little Bighorn, also known as Custer's _ _ (4,5) |
| COLORADO | Officer at the manor welcomes a round on the western edge of the Great Plains (8) |
| GENERALCUSTER | George Armstrong of the US cavalry |
| SOLDIERBLUE | 1970 film about the massacre of Cheyenne by US cavalry in 1864 (7,4) |
| WESTINGHOUSE | George ___, US manufacturer and inventor of the railway air brake system (12) |
| EASTMAN | George ___, US photographic equipment pioneer who popularised the use of roll film (7) |
| EPOCH | Looking back, he boxed officer at the start of a new dawn (5) |
| COLLATERAL | Officer at the side providing a form of security |
