| CESSNA | Clyde, US aviator who in 1917 designed a monoplane with a cantilever wing (6) |
| LINDBERGH | US aviator who, in 1927, made the first solo nonstop flight across the Atlantic |
| JASCHAHEIFETZ | Lithuanian-born violinist who, in 1917, made his Carnegie Hall debut at 16 years old: 2 wds. |
| AVIA | Sports shoe with a Cantilever heel |
| TAUBE | Meaning "dove", an old German monoplane with recurved wings (5) |
| BLERIOT | Louis -; aviator who, in a monoplane of his own design, became the first man to fly across the English Channel |
| COCHRAN | Jacqueline, aviator who in 1953 became the first woman to break the sound barrier (7) |
| WRIGHT | Orville ___, US aviator who, with brother Wilbur, is credited with inventing the aeroplane (6) |
| HUGHES | Surname of Howard, eccentric US aviator and film producer (6) |
| AMELIA | - - - Earhart, US aviator (6) |
| BRACES | Cantilevers |
| EARHART | Amelia ___ (b.1897), US aviator who disappeared in 1937 (7) |
| CHARLESLINDBERGH | US aviator who made the first solo nonstop flight across the Atlantic in 1927 |
| POST | Wiley ?, US aviator who made the first solo flight around the world in 1933 |
| ALCOCKANDBROWN | Aviators who, in 1919, made the first non-stop transatlantic flight (6,3,5) |
| SPIRITOFSTLOUIS | Monoplane flown by Charles Lindbergh on the first solo nonstop transatlantic flight in 1927 (6,2,2,5) |
| CLYDE | US aviator and aircraft designer nicknamed The Birdman of Enid who died in 1954 (5,6) |
| SKYE | You go over the sea to this Scottish island on the largest cantilever bridge in the world - the bonnie boat service closed when the bridge opened in 1995 |
| BYRD | Richard, US aviator and polar explorer who died in 1957 (4) |
| CLYDECESSNA | US aviator and aircraft designer nicknamed The Birdman of Enid who died in 1954 |
