| KP peeling target |
SPUD |
| Learn to fit in |
ADAPT |
| Lightly armored military vehicle |
SCOUTCAR |
| Like chrysalises |
PUPAL |
| Like the Battle of Aleppo |
URBAN |
| Like the visiting team, perhaps |
BOOED |
| Make a lot |
PAVE |
| Mess hall bunch |
EATERS |
| Military base that serves as a good model? |
FORTEXAMPLE |
| Military dog, after the war is over? |
PEACESETTER |
| Military honorees formed by the letters inserted into the theme answers |
VETS |
| Military unit |
TROOP |
| Nautilus shape |
SPIRAL |
| Numero di tenori |
TRE |
| Org.'s kin |
ASSN |
| Pirate |
STEAL |
| Plane in the Pearl Harbor attack |
ZERO |
| Policy for retaining soldiers beyond their enlistment period |
STOPLOSS |
| Port on the Arabian Peninsula |
ADEN |
| Pretentiously highbrow |
ARTSY |
| Repudiate |
DENY |
| Return from the war zone |
COMEHOME |
| Reward for Rover |
TREAT |
| Salvation Army beneficiaries |
POOR |
| Scratches (out) |
EKES |
| Site of Minot AFB |
NDAK |
| Skater Midori |
ITO |
| Skating move |
AXEL |
| Spare tire, essentially |
FLAB |
| Spokespersons for the military fleet? |
NAVYSAYERS |
| Spotted |
SEEN |
| Summons from a tot |
MAMA |
| Supplier of hot water on a military base? |
POSTBOILER |
| Surrealist from Barcelona |
MIRO |
| Sweater opening? |
PORE |
| Tony winner as Nicholas Nickleby |
REES |
| Trade center |
MART |
| Word with staging or no-go |
AREA |
