WAR I
From The Word's the Thing
Dr. Louis D. Appel

Each clue can be answered with a war-related word.

1. Civil war - "brother against brother"
2. Deliberate destruction of military property
3. Warfare fought by soldiers in small, hidden bands
4. Meeting place and time- often clandestine
5. To draft into service
6. Surrender
7. Go-between
8. The final battle of good vs. evil
9. Simultaneous firing of  multiple weapons
10. Official leave from military service
11. Pardon for a crime or other offense
12. Traitor
13. Military tactic of destroying everything
14. Collective term for all military weaponry
15. Morning signal to wake up
16. The work of spies or spying
17. Military panel for punishing a serious offense
18. Searching by air or ground for information
19. Clothing or material meant to hide or conceal
20. Forbidden goods or products
21. To go behind enemy lines, as a spy
22. A short battle between small groups
23. Shell fragments
24. Surprise attack by those lying in wait
25. One who refuses to serve on moral or religious grounds

Answers:

1. Internecine
2. Sabotage
3. Guerilla
4. Rendezvous
5. Conscript
6. Capitulate
7. Liaison
8. Armageddon
9. Salvo
10. Furlough
11. Amnesty
12. Quisling
13. Scorched earth
14. Ordnance
15. Reveille
16. Espionage
17. Court martial
18. Reconnaissance
19. Camouflage
20. Contraband
21. Infiltrate
22. Skirmish
23. Shrapnel
24. Ambush
25. Conscientious objector 

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