| KNAPSACK | What bag is carried on a soldier's or hiker's back? (8) |
| MEAL | Word meaning "bite, eat, nibble", thus found in the name of a soldier or hiker's backpack or "eating bag" (4) |
| VALISE | Bag is carried by short manservant |
| MARINE | Latin for "sea", hence a word for a soldier or "jolly" serving on board a ship; nautical service; naval affairs; or, in art, a seascape or ship portrait (6) |
| TRAY | What a plate is carried on, in a cafeteria |
| CANTEEN | Name for a soldier or camper's water bottle, flask or mess kit; or, a wooden box/case for storing a set of cutlery (7) |
| BASIS | The system or principles according to which an activity or process is carried on (5) |
| RIDES | Travels / is carried on/in a vehicle |
| RUCKSACK | White wine, after truck fails to start, is carried on the back (8) |
| SEDAN | Word first for an enclosed or covered chair for one person carried on a pair of poles, now a fully closed motor car, also called a saloon (5) |
| LUGGAGE | It's carried on a sleigh (wherein is a joke) (7) |
| CARGO | What are goods carried on a ship, aircraft or truck? (5) |
| RANK | What stripes on a soldier's uniform indicate |
| SIGMA | Letter from Greece turning up a manuscript on a soldier |
| AGITATE | Having a stirring effect on a soldier named Tate (7) |
| HAVERSACK | Word for a bag in which cavalry carried horses' oats originally, later for a soldier or walker's backpack for shouldering provisions/equipment (9) |
| ENLIST | An anagram of "listen" or "silent" that means "sign up on a register as a soldier" or "conscript" (6) |
| WARRIOR | A soldier or fighter (or, perhaps, a rainbow?) (7) |
| MUFTI | What is civilian dress of a soldier or police officer? (5) |
| FARM | Where agriculture is carried on in distant Minehead (4) |
