| ENLISTING | Joining the forces (9) |
| BARMY | Crazy bandleader joining the forces (5) |
| VOLUNTEER | Person entering the forces without conscription (9) |
| OPPRESSED | Central European joined the forces that ruled with an iron hand (9) |
| JOININGUP | What's the welder doing? Enlisting in the forces (7,2) |
| CONSCRIPT | One drafted into the forces |
| EXSERVICE | Having formerly been in the forces |
| ARTIFICER | Skilled mechanic in the forces |
| INUNIFORM | Single sister takes first class to be part of the forces (2,7) |
| AGINCOURT | Battle won by the forces of Henry V in 1415 |
| UNHOLYROW | Noisy fight waged by the forces of evil? (6,3) |
| AFGHANISTAN | Nation, next door to Pakistan, that's been a battleground for the forces of the British Raj, the Soviet Empire and the coalition of the willing |
| ARMAGEDDON | The final battle between the forces of good and evil at the end of the world (Revelation, 16:16) |
| ISRAELI | By late in 1948, the ... Army had repelled the attack by the forces of Egypt, Syria, Lebanon, Iraq and Jordan on the new nation led by David Ben-Gurion |
| RUSSIANS | The 1812 Overture celebrated the victory of these people over the forces of Napoleon |
| RAGNAROK | In Scandinavian mythology, the ultimate battle between the gods and the forces of evil (8) |
| ENLIST | Join the forces for the silent revolution (6) |
| LAROCHELLE | Huguenot stronghold which fell to the forces of Cardinal Richlieu (assisted by the three musketeers) |
| ENSA | Organisation that provided entertainment for the Forces during the Second World War (4) |
| NATURE | Fundamental character of the forces that form the world (6) |
