| Military no-show | 16 |
| Military nicknames | 18 |
| Military nickname | 17 |
| Military newspaper founded in 1861 | 34 |
| Military newbies | 16 |
| Military newbie | 15 |
| Military need | 13 |
| Military name: abbr. | 20 |
| Military muscle | 15 |
| Military muddles | 16 |
| Military muddle | 15 |
| Military muckamucks | 19 |
| Military muck-a-mucks | 21 |
| Military Ms. of W. W. II | 24 |
| Military moves carrying a warning | 33 |
| Military movements | 18 |
| Military movement | 17 |
| Military move | 13 |
| Military motto, familiarly | 26 |
| Military mother | 15 |
| Military morale-boosting gp. | 28 |
| Military money substitute | 25 |
| Military monetary scale | 23 |
| Military mix-up | 15 |
| Military missions | 17 |
| Military mission, for short | 27 |
| Military mission, briefly | 25 |
| Military mission | 16 |
| Military missile | 16 |
| Military miss | 13 |
| Military misfit | 15 |
| Military misdemeanor | 20 |
| Military miscreant | 18 |
| Military might | 14 |
| Military messes? | 16 |
| Military messes | 15 |
| Military messages | 17 |
| Military mess workers, for short | 32 |
| Military mess assignment, and this puzzle's title | 53 |
| Military men | 12 |
| Military melody | 15 |
| Military medics' monikers | 29 |
| Military medals: Abbr. | 22 |
| Military medals, e.g. | 21 |
| Military medals | 15 |
| Military medal, e.g. | 20 |
| Military medal recipient | 24 |
| Military medal featuring George Washington's profile | 56 |
| Military medal | 14 |
| Military meals | 14 |
| Military meal manager | 21 |
| Military meal | 13 |
| Military matter | 15 |
| Military material | 17 |
| Military matériel | 20 |
| Military mascot | 15 |
| Military marching syllable | 26 |
| Military march | 14 |
| Military map's focus | 24 |
| Military manufacturer ___ & Whitney | 39 |
| Military manual: Abbr. | 22 |
| Military maneuvers | 18 |
| Military maneuver | 17 |
| Military management | 19 |
| Military man: Abbr. | 19 |
| Military man-Friday | 19 |
| Military man on menus | 21 |
| Military man | 12 |
| Military mailbox, for short | 27 |
| Military mailbox, abbr. | 23 |
| Military magazines | 18 |
| Military magazine | 17 |
| Military machine | 16 |
| Military lunchroom | 18 |
| Military lookout | 16 |
| Military lodgings | 17 |
| Military lockup | 15 |
| Military list, quickly | 22 |
| Military lights-out tune | 24 |
| Military lifesaver | 18 |
| Military life | 13 |
| Military levels | 15 |
| Military level | 14 |
| Military letters | 16 |
| Military leave | 14 |
| Military leaders? | 17 |
| Military leaders | 16 |
| Military leader? | 16 |
| Military leader: Abbr. | 22 |
| Military leader associated with chicken | 39 |
| Military leader | 15 |
| Military ldrs. | 14 |
| Military laundry that's out of harm's way? | 50 |
| Military launch time | 20 |
| Military joes | 13 |
| Military jets' mission | 26 |
| Military jet | 12 |
| Military jail | 13 |
| Military jacket with a furry hood | 33 |
| Military issue | 14 |