7 September 2017
Crossword by Boffles
Military Matters
Across
7 Type of missile popular with senior citizens? (6)
8 Puzzle wrestled with at Bletchley (6)
9 Black mark to be returned to one’s ……. (4)
10 All embracing conflict (5,3)
11 Balaclava veteran and his horse (7)
13 Screen used to conceal ships and troops (5)
15 Was Stalin’s used to give people a rocket? (5)
16 How 22ac sat on his horse (7)
17 What a sentry asks for shortly (2)
18 A wing of our armed forces? (3)
20 You are one if you win a 2dn (4)
22 Cheer heard for light cavalryman (6)
23 Adolf used to hole up in a wolf’s one (4)
24 Can be a mess where you do so (3)
Down
1 Naval bird (4)
2 High honour created by a tetchy Queen? (8,5)
3 Machine gun like a Yo Sushi customer? (4-3)
4 Army said to march on its stomach instead of them (4)
5 High ranking race organiser? (5,8)
6 Troops were on landing craft for D-Day (8)
12 Mercenary chap (5,3)
14 Kind of rifle only used to attack? (7)
19 Only do so when you can see the whites of their eyes! (4)
21 Jameson’s and the one on Dieppe failed (4)
