| Rating | Solver | Clue |
|---|---|---|
| OLD | Veteran | |
| OLDTIMER | Veteran | |
| OLDHAND | Veteran | |
| SEADOGS | Veteran mariners | |
| SEADOG | Veteran sailor | |
| OLDSAT | Veteran sailor | |
| PRO | Supportive of veteran | |
| RSL | Veteran’s league (init) | |
| OLDIE | Nostalgic song; veteran | |
| WARHORSE | Hears row about veteran | |
| RANCOUR | Spite some veteran courtier | |
| OLDEST | Veteran (of the team) | |
| SEASONED | Veteran added salt and herbs | |
| TROOPERS | Soldiers that sound like veteran actors | |
| VEER | Go off course when veteran worker leaves | |
| ABRASIVE | Harsh treatment of leading veteran in air base | |
| ABBRASIVE | Harsh treatment of leading veteran in air base | |
| EMERITUS | A veteran who has honorably completed his service. | |
| RAMBO | Vietnam War veteran played by Sylvester Stallone in several feature films | |
| IRONSIDES | A cuirassier or cuirassiers; also, hardy veteran soldiers; -- applied specifically to Cromwell's cavalry. | |
| CAMPAIGNER | One who has served in an army in several campaigns; an old soldier; a veteran. | |
| HARDY | Inured to fatigue or hardships; strong; capable of endurance; as, a hardy veteran; a hardy mariner. | |
| MOSSBACK | A veteran partisan; one who is so conservative in opinion that he may be likened to a stone or old tree covered with moss. | |
| VETERAN | Long exercised in anything, especially in military life and the duties of a soldier; long practiced or experienced; as, a veteran officer or soldier; veteran skill. | |