| DESERTRATS | Soldiers who served with the British 7th Armoured Division in North Africa in 1941-42 (6,4) |
| DESERTRAT | An informal name for a soldier who served with the British 7th Armoured Division in North Africa in 1941-42 (6,3) |
| WILDGEESE | Name given to Irish soldiers who served in continental European armies from the 17th Century on. (4,5) |
| BENGHAZI | Libyan city which changed hands five times in 1941-42, during World War II (8) |
| EHRENBURG | Which Soviet war correspondent in World War II wrote the novel The Fall of Paris (1941-42) about the |
| NEPALESE | Nationality of the Gurkha soldiers that served with the British Army (but who were not entitled to British pensions) |
| CHARLESLAW | Fish served with the French salad - as a rule it's "gassy" (7,3) |
| DESERT | ____ Rat, nickname of a British 7th Armoured Division WWII soldier (6) |
| PAIREDPEAR | Fruit served with the right wine? |
| EIGHTH | The Afrika Korps (Axis) and the ___ Army (Allied) faced each other in North Africa in World War II. (6) |
| BUCCANEER | British low-level subsonic strike aircraft that served with the Royal Navy and later the Royal Air F |
| BLACKBURN | British low-level subsonic strike aircraft that served with the Royal Navy and later the Royal Air F |
| ENTREE | French word for a dish served between the main courses of a formal dinner, or according to Mrs Beeton, a side dish served with the first course (6) |
| NATE | This Ramsay Street resident served with the Aussie army in Afghanistan (4,6) |
| SIDEORDER | Food requested in a restaurant to be served with the main dish (4,5) |
| ALEXANDER | The boy with Oer canOt compare with the British Grenadier |
| SAINTHELENA | Island popular with the British and French lying within South Africa and Namibia's borders |
| MARTINIHENRY | Breech-loading single-shot rifle that first entered service with the British Army in 1871 (7-5) |
| LAUREATE | Poet ____ , honorary literary position with the British royal household first created in 1668 (8) |
| ALLMINETOGIVE | Classic 1957 melodrama with the British title The Day They Gave Babies Away (3,4,2,4) |
