| Sari wearers | 12 |
| Hindu noblewomen | 16 |
| Subcontinental royalty of yore | 30 |
| Subcontinental princesses | 25 |
| Spouses of Indian princes | 25 |
| Rajas' wives | 16 |
| Rajah's mates | 17 |
| Poona princesses | 16 |
| Patna princesses | 16 |
| Indian noblewomen | 17 |
| Certain members of Indian royalty | 33 |
| Have status | 11 |
| File's partner | 18 |
| Hierarchy level | 15 |
| Echelon | 7 |
| Major, for one | 14 |
| Colonel or captain | 18 |
| Standing in the military? | 25 |
| File crosser | 12 |
| Captain, e.g. | 13 |
| Private or general, e.g. | 24 |
| Position in a hierarchy | 23 |
| Military echelon | 16 |
| What stripes may indicate | 25 |
| Unsavory | 8 |
| Relative standing | 17 |
| Put in order of significance | 28 |
| Military level | 14 |
| Major, but not minor | 20 |
| File partner | 12 |
| File companion | 14 |
| Assign places to | 16 |
| Admiral, e.g. | 13 |
| What stars may indicate | 23 |
| Standing in the military | 24 |
| Something to pull | 17 |
| Social station | 14 |
| Sergeant or admiral | 19 |
| Relative position | 17 |
| Prioritize | 10 |
| Place in the pecking order | 26 |
| Partner with name and serial number | 35 |
| Military status | 15 |
| Military standing | 17 |
| General or private | 18 |
| General or major | 16 |
| Class level | 11 |
| -- and file | 11 |
| You might pull it to get your way | 33 |
| What this puzzle's theme deals with | 39 |
| What stripes might indicate | 27 |
| What stars might indicate | 25 |
| Super smelly | 12 |
| Status in a hierarchy | 21 |
| Status | 6 |
| Standing in the navy? | 21 |
| Specialist, for one | 19 |
| Sort, in a way | 14 |
| Soldier's datum | 19 |
| Smelling bad | 12 |
| Smelling awful | 14 |
| Sergeant or general | 19 |
| Seeding | 7 |
| Row on a chessboard | 19 |
| Privates can't pull it | 26 |
| Private or major | 16 |
| Private or captain | 18 |
| Pecking-order position | 22 |
| P.O.W. data item | 16 |
| One of eight in chess | 21 |
| Official standing | 17 |
| Odiferous | 9 |
| Number in chess notation | 24 |
| Needing a bath badly | 20 |
| Name-serial number go-between | 29 |
| Name and serial number companion | 32 |
| Movie maker J. Arthur | 21 |
| Major, for example | 18 |
| Major or major general | 22 |
| Luxuriant in growth | 19 |
| List in order of importance | 27 |
| Line in chess | 13 |
| Like some amateurs | 18 |
| Level in a hierarchy | 20 |
| Kind of outsider | 16 |
| J. Arthur of films | 18 |
| It might be pulled | 18 |
| Having an unpleasant odor | 25 |
| Grossly coarse | 14 |
| General, e.g. | 13 |
| File's cousin | 17 |
| File's counterpart | 22 |
| File's companion | 20 |
| Corporal or captain | 19 |
| Companion of file | 17 |
| Colonel or corporal | 19 |
| Class, level or class level | 27 |
| Chessboard row | 14 |
| Captain, for one | 16 |
| Army status | 11 |