Dt Herculis

[chewinggum]

2 dwn an accompanying ship C?N?O??
8dwn a detachment of troops/ships covering the main body of the army/fleet
Thanks

[scooping]

consort

[factor-fiction]

8d- how many letters please?

[Captain2]

con·sort (kŏn′sôrt′)
n.
1. A husband or wife, especially the spouse of a monarch.
2. A companion or partner.
3. An animal with which another animal, usually of the opposite sex, forms a bond for a temporary period during which the two individuals maintain close proximity and engage in mating or other sexual behavior.
4. A ship accompanying another in travel.
5. Partnership; association: governed in consort with her advisers.
6. A group; a company: a consort of fellow diplomats.

[shoota]

2d Consort

[mallyh]

2 convoys

[shoota]

8d Escort ?

[penelope2]

2. Consort
8d. Convoy?

[scooping]

flotilla????

[shoota]

http://www.theanswerbank.co.uk/Quizzes-and-Puzzles/Crosswords/Question1401266.html

[dannyk13]

2d.Consort
8d.Screen

[elliemay1]

"Fellow cruciverbalists seem to be in rather a tangle wth 8 down. The answer is "screen" whih links with "silk" in the linked solutions."

[dannyk13]

Light infantry - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Light_infantry - 14 hours ago Traditionally light infantry (or skirmishers) were soldiers whose job was to provide a skirmishing screen ahead of the main body of infantry

[elliemay1]

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