| LIEUTGEN | Title-for-short, for Sir Arthur Currie (WWI Commander of the Canadian Corps, from 1917 to 1919) |
| SIRJULIANBING | Commander of the Canadian Corps at The Battle of Vimy Ridge in 1917: 3 wds. |
| ROYALENGINEERS | Technical corps from US university engaged in sneering or stirring |
| VIMYRIDGE | The great victory, and sacrifice, of the Canadian Corps of April 9th to April 12th, 1917... The Battle of ___ ___ |
| CHEKA | Soviet Russia's first secret police organisation, active from 1917 to 1922 |
| RASTAFARI | Haile Selassie's name from 1917 to 1930 |
| USSR | Russia from 1917 to 1991 (abbr.) |
| BOTHA | First of the eight prime ministers of South Africa, in office from 1910 to 1919 (5,5) |
| LOUIS | First of the eight prime ministers of South Africa, in office from 1910 to 1919 (5,5) |
| DIR | Jodie Foster's gig, for short, for Thanksgiving movie "Home for the Holidays" (1995) |
| HEARST | Northern Ontario town named for the 1914 to 1919 Premier of Ontario |
| ALSACE | Region of north-east France, annexed by Germany from 1871 to 1919 (6) |
| HOUDINI | President of the Society of American Magicians from 1917-1924, Harry ? |
| WINDSOR | The official name of the British royal family from 1917 (7) |
| ABBREV | For short, for short |
| WNBA | Sports league, for short, for Canadian hoops star Kia Nurse |
| ABBR | For short, for short |
| CAMBRAI | First WWI battle (1917) to deploy tanks successfully (7) |
| LAT | Back muscle, for short for July |
| NAMIBIA | Country known as German South West Africa from 1884 to 1919 (7) |
