Officer (7)
<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">'<span class="explanation-format__original">officer</span>' is the definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">(colonel is a kind of officer)</span><br/ ><br/ >This is the entire clue.<br/ ></span>
(Other definitions for colonel that I've seen before include "Army officer ranking below a brigadier" , "Commissioned officer" , "Military rank" , "Bogey perhaps" , "'No cello for this officer, strangely (7)'" .)
<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">'<span class="explanation-format__original">officer</span>' is the definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">(admiral is a kind of officer)</span><br/ ><br/ >This is all the clue.<br/ ></span>
(Other definitions for admiral that I've seen before include "(White or red) butterfly" , "Brightly coloured butterfly" , "Chief commander of fleet" , "Red butterfly at sea?" , "Navy chief" .)
<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">'<span class="explanation-format__original">officer</span>' is the definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">(I know that general is a type of officer)</span><br/ ><br/ >This is the entire clue.<br/ ></span>
(Other definitions for general that I've seen before include "blanket" , "Rank; all-inclusive" , "Enlarge for senior army officer" , "Common - army officer" , "Officer of the highest rank" .)