| SOLDERED | Joined up, but went on a military campaign without one (8) |
| ENLISTED | Joined up but listened badly (8) |
| AOSCOTT | Film critic who wrote, "A boxing movie without cliches is like a political campaign without lies" |
| SQUANDER | New squad turned out with little hesitation, but went on to waste resources (8) |
| STRODE | A high-minded individual had transport but went on foot |
| HAYES | SUSAN SEAFORTH WHO PREMIERED AS GH'S DOROTHY BUT WENT ON TO DAYS FAME |
| WARCHEST | Money for a military campaign (3,5) |
| UPSTAGED | Get up as arranged on the day, but went one better (8) |
| PENTAGON | Write a label on a military building (8) |
| STARTLED | Frightened from the beginning but went ahead (8) |
| SHACKLED | Impeded by poor accommodation but went ahead (8) |
| OVERLORD | Operation ___ (Codename of WWII military campaign D-Day) |
| BATTLEOF | Second World War military campaign which lasted from July to October 1940, fought entirely by air forces (6,2,7) |
| INSIGNIA | Emblem on a military uniform |
| CRUSADE | A military campaign (7) |
| WAGED | Conducted, as a military campaign |
| STRIPE | "Go-faster" marking on a racing car; a band of colour on an angelfish, badger, bumblebee, tiger or zebra; or, a chevron on a military sleeve (6) |
| LASTINGOPERATION | Military campaign that drags on and on? |
| GALLIPOLI | Titular peninsula in a 1981 film about a 1915 military campaign |
| LEGION | Set up one on a military force (6) |
