| SAPPER | What is a military engineer who lays or detects and disarms mines? (6) |
| DEPOSITOR | One who lays or one who lies in the doorstep, drunk (9) |
| SUPREME | Drink to some military engineers who are paramount (7) |
| NOSES | Examines or detects by smelling (5) |
| EXTREMES | Formerly a military engineer, son accepts time limits |
| ECHOSOUNDER | A device to determine the seabed's depth or detect objects in water |
| IVE | Suffix for direct or detect |
| REVEILLE | What is a military wake-up signal especially on a bugle or drum? (8) |
| MESS | What is a military dining room where service personnel eat or relax? (4) |
| JUNTA | What is a military group holding power after a revolution? (5) |
| STANDARD | What is a military or ceremonial flag? (8) |
| SIEGE | What is a military blockade of a city? (5) |
| FELLOW | Word, from "one who lays down money in a joint undertaking", for an associate, comrade, confrere, partner or peer; one of a pair, aka a mate or companion; or, any man or boy (6) |
| TATTOO | What is a military display of music, marching, etc? (6) |
| GENERAL | What is a military commander (7) |
| COULOMB | Military engineer whose name is given to a unit in physics (7) |
| COEHORN | A lightweight mortar named after a Dutch military engineer (7) |
| MINER | A sapper who lays explosives in tunnels; a collier; or, an animal/insect that galleries into the earth/leaves (5) |
| EISENHOWER | Work out where one is a military leader (10) |
| DESERTION | Running into reeds is a military crime (9) |
