| LOOP | A picot; an aerobatic manoeuvre in which an aircraft describes a circle in the sky; or, a 360-degree turn or inversion on a rollercoaster (4) |
| CANOPY | From Greek for "mosquito", word for a net over a bed originally, later for various overhead things, including an awning, parachute, parasol, the sky or a tree's crowning overstory (6) |
| BUNT | Baggy centre of a sail or net; a push with horns; a gentle tap of a pitched baseball; or, a manoeuvre in which a pilot draws a half circle in the sky (4) |
| ROLL | Aeronautical manoeuvre in which an aircraft performs a complete longitudinal rotation whilst maintaining altitude and direction (4) |
| FULLMOON | Bright circle in the sky |
| APPROACH | An avenue or drive; draw near to; a means of dealing with a job, problem or situation; or, the way in which an aircraft comes in to land (8) |
| PURL | Warmed spiced wormwood ale; a knitting stitch; a cord of twisted gold or silver wire; an ornamental loop or picot on the edge of a ribbon; an eddy or ripple; or, the babble, bubble, burble, gurgle or |
| ALOFT | High up, like an eagle in the sky - or in an attic, by the sound of it (5) |
| FLICKON | In sport, a manoeuvre in which a player receives an incoming pass and moves it on quickly with a gentle header or kick to another player (5-2) |
| EMERGENCYSTOP | A driving manoeuvre in which a driver of a vehicle has to apply the brakes suddenly (9,4) |
| ALAN | Rickman of 'Eye in the Sky,' or Parsons who wrote 'Eye in the Sky' |
| ZENITH | The point in the sky or celestial sphere that is directly above an observer (6) |
| LOOPS | 360 degrees aerobatic manoeuvres; embroidered eyelets forming picot; or, circuits of electric currents (5) |
| BARRELROLLS | Flight manoeuvres in which aircraft turn about their longitudinal axis while following a spiral course in line with the direction of flight (6,5) |
| ROOSTER | A circle in the list indicates a bird (7) |
| ROUNDUP | Gather into a circle in the mountains? To put in 11 (5,2) |
| MIDAIR | Occurring in the sky or well above the ground (3-3) |
| IMMELMANNTURN | Aerobatic manoeuvre resulting in level flight at higher altitude in the opposite direction |
| BARRELROLL | Aerial manoeuvre in which a plane does a downward spiral (6,4) |
| ACTION | Manoeuvre in which cat given a turn in catching ring (6) |
