| Rating | Solver | Clue |
|---|---|---|
| DUELLIST | Combatant | |
| SOLDIER | Combatant | |
| WARRIOR | Combatant | |
| FIGHTER | Combatant | |
| PARATROOPER | SAS combatant | |
| BATTAILANT | A combatant. | |
| KNOCKDOWN | A felling by a knock, as of a combatant, or of an animal. | |
| RECREANT | Crying for mercy, as a combatant in the trial by battle; yielding; cowardly; mean-spirited; craven. | |
| TILT | ...ice the military game or exercise of thrusting with a lance, as a combatant on horseback; to joust; also, figuratively, to engage in any combat ... | |
| MIDSHIPMAN | In the English naval service, the second rank attained by a combatant officer after a term of service as naval cadet. Having served three and a... | |