| COCKERELL | Sir Christopher Sydney --, inventor of the hovercraft (9) |
| LEEONTHESOLENT | Hampshire location of the former RAF Coastal Command HQ, and the Hovercraft Museum |
| CHRISTOPHER | British engineer who invented the hovercraft in 1955 (11,9) |
| ONAIR | Where the hovercraft goes to live (2,3) |
| NICHOLAS | Forename of Sir Christopher Wren or Sir John Vanbrugh's collaborator known as the "devil's architect" for his use of satanic or pagan symbols (8) |
| SKIRTS | Kilts, minis or the hanging parts around the bases of hovercraft |
| SKIRT | What is the hanging part around the base of a hovercraft? (5) |
| WREN | Sir Christopher -; architect who redesigned St Paul's Cathedral after its predecessor was ruined in the Great Fire of London (4) |
| STPAULS | Abbreviated name of the London cathedral redesigned by Sir Christopher Wren following its destruction by fire in 1666 (2,5) |
| HATTON | Sir Christopher ___, Lord Chancellor of England and a favourite of Elizabeth I (6) |
| HOVERCRAFT | Form of transport successfully developed by Sir Christopher Cockerell (10) |
| CUSHIONS | Bumpers on the rails of snooker tables from which the balls rebound; or, the air-filled sections supporting hovercrafts (8) |
| HAIRLINE | The first hovercraft transport service has a position on the head (8) |
| SOCIETY | Royal -; founded by Robert Boyle, Sir Christopher Wren and others and granted a royal charter by Charles II, the UK's national science academy (7) |
| GIBBS | Scottish architect who developed Sir Christopher Wrens ideas for St Martins-in-the-Fields, London (5) |
| PLENUM | Enclosed chamber containing pressurised air, as contained within the skirt of a hovercraft (6) |
| SOUTHSEA | Hampshire resort with a hovercraft service to Ryde on the Isle of Wight (8) |
| PAULS | London cathedral designed by renowned architect Sir Christopher Wren, St ... (4'1) |
| LEE | Spike or Sir Christopher |
| HELICOPTER | Hovercraft to transport the police? Right (10) |
