| SOE | WW2 special operations unit sometimes called the Baker Street Irregulars (3) |
| IRREGULARS | Gang of street urchins who helped Sherlock Holmes in the Conan Doyle Novels, 'The Baker Street -' (10) |
| IRREGULARVERBS | Words of action from the Baker Street enthusiasts? (9,5) |
| IRREGULAR | Unusual member of the Baker Street contingent |
| BAR | Candy unit, sometimes |
| TON | Truck capacity unit, sometimes |
| DELTAFORCE | Special operations unit whose existence has never been confirmed by the U.S. government |
| CIA | US org. with special operations |
| JOINTTASKFORCE | Canadian military's elite special operations unit, ___ ___ ___ 2 |
| DELTA | ___ Force, US special operations unit (5) |
| NAVYSEALS | Members of special operations units in one US military force |
| CHINDITS | Special operations units of British and Indian armies created by Orde Wingate, to penetrate Japanese lines in 1943-44 (8) |
| OUNCE | Imperial unit sometimes given along with metric in cookery books (5) |
| IMPASSE | Deadlock as independent politician bans irregulars from the south east |
| INATUB | Where to find the butcher, the baker, and the candlestick maker, per the nursery rhyme |
| SOFAR | Up till now, RAF flew back after initial special operations (2,3) |
| VERAATKINS | Romanian-born British intelligence officer in the Special Operations Executive (1941-45) (4,6) |
| SEAL | Member of the US Navy's special operations force (4) |
| SEALS | Navy -, special operations force of the USA (5) |
| MEGAFLOP | Operations unit making huge bomb |
