| LORDHIGHADMIRAL | Hold hard! Rig mail out for the head of the Navy (4,4,7) |
| TOILET | Head of the navy? |
| CDS | Items Columbia House used to mail out, for short |
| MORALIST | Sort mail out for preacher |
| PARTYBOSSANIMAL | Elephant, for the head of the Republican National Committee? |
| DIRECTORGENERAL | Ordering treacle properly for the head of a government department (8,7) |
| AIRCRAFTCARRIER | "Bird farm" of the Navy |
| HERODIAS | In the New Testament, the mother of Salome who asked for the head of John the Baptist (8) |
| PRIMED | Readied airguns of the highest quality for the head of department (6) |
| SALOME | Daughter of Herodias who called for the head of John the Baptist |
| CLING | Hold hard to clothing, being hot and bothered out of it (5) |
| GEORGEDEWEY | The only person in United States history to have attained the rank of Admiral of the Navy |
| SPIRE | Father accepting pence for the head of the church? (5) |
| PATRIARCH | Tear rich apart for the head of the family (9) |
| VICEPRESIDENCY | Job of deputising for the head of a republic (4-10) |
| SEND | Button that moves an e-mail out of the drafts folder |
| LAMPPOST | Left a Member of Parliament to mail out support for bright broadcaster? (8) |
| LIT | In 1937 broadcaster Lt-Commander Thomas Woodroofe didn't mean to impugn the sobriety of the Navy when he said, "At the present moment, the whole Fleet's ... up" |
| LITUP | In 1937 broadcaster Lt.-Commander Thomas Woodroofe didn't mean to impugn the sobriety of the Navy when he said, "At the present moment, the whole Fleet's ..." (3,2) |
| TUGOFWAR | A bit of a drag leading the little boat of the navy (3,2,3) |
