| PHELPS | Olympian nicknamed the Flying Fish |
| OWENS | Olympian nicknamed "The Buckeye Bullet" |
| SPITZ | Olympian nicknamed "Mark the Pool Shark" |
| VOLANS | Small constellation of the southern hemisphere between Mensa and Carina; the Flying Fish (6) |
| EXOCET | French-made missile named after the flying fish (6) |
| NURMI | Runner nicknamed the Flying Finn who was one of the first athletes to win five gold medals at a sing |
| SHAUN | White nicknamed "the Flying Tomato" |
| RAHM | Canadian nicknamed "The Flying Professor" |
| ANDERSON | Gary, Scottish darts player nicknamed The Flying Scotsman (8) |
| OBREE | Cyclist nicknamed 'The Flying Scotsman' (5) |
| PAAVO | Distance runner Nurmi nicknamed "The Flying Finn" |
| NUVOLARI | Tazio ?, motorcycle and motor racing car driver nicknamed The Flying Mantuan who died in 1953 (8) |
| VIREN | Lasse, Finnish former long distance runner nicknamed The Flying Finn (5) |
| JACKIESTEWART | Scottish ex-Formula One racing driver nicknamed 'The Flying Scot' (6,7) |
| HAKKINEN | Mika, retired two-time Formula One champion nicknamed The Flying Finn (8) |
| STEWART | Jackie, former Formula One world champion nicknamed 'The Flying Scot' (7) |
| PAAVONURMI | Middle distance runner, nicknamed 'the Flying Finn', who won nine Olympic gold medals and set 22 world records (5,5) |
| HIGHSCHOOL | Establishment for the young flying fish? |
| GLIDING | How a flying fish moves through the air |
| SEASWALLOW | A nickname for a tern, owing to its long "martlet"-like tail; the storm petrel; or, a flying fish (3,7) |
