| MIDSHIPMAN | Historically, the title of a young officer upon entry to the Royal Navy (10) |
| DOORHANDLE | Cross about name, which is grasped upon entry |
| ENSIGN | Unseen signature for a young officer |
| IDS | Cards upon entry |
| MANORHOUSE | Large type of country home; historically, the capital messuage of a feudal lord; or, a variety of lightly fruited cake made by Mr Kipling (5,5) |
| DRUMHELLER | Badlands town in Alberta, home to the Royal Tyrrell Museum |
| INVIGORATE | Give in to the Royal Artillery initially and it will energise you |
| TORNADO | To the Royal Navy a lot of fuss is a big blow |
| WAPENTAKE | Historically, the name given to a division of a county, similar to a hundred (9) |
| SILVA | From the Latin meaning "wood", the assemblage of trees in a given area; or, the truncated title of John Evelyn's forestry discourse presented to the Royal Society in 1662 (5) |
| SYLVA | From the Latin meaning "wood", the assemblage of trees in a given area; or, the truncated title of John Evelyn's forestry discourse presented to the Royal Society in 1662 (5) |
| THORNS | They get into you for playing host to the Royal Navy (6) |
| CAREW | Mad ___, a wild young officer in the Music Hall dramatic monologue The Green Eye of the Yellow God by J Milton Hayes |
| ACCESSORY | The accomplice gets entry to the back of the Otago railway (9) |
| COWES | Home to the Royal Yacht Squadron and host of an annual regatta, port on the Medina considered the maritime gateway to the Isle of Wight (5) |
| TORN | Rent to the Royal Navy |
| ADORN | Deck that is trouble to the Royal Navy |
| GATEAU | Entry to the French is a piece of cake (6) |
| SALLE | Historically, the finishing house of a paper mill; or, a hall for fencing (5) |
| GHETTO | Historically, the area of a city (mainly in Italy) to which Jews were restricted (6) |
