| CLYDECESSNA | US aviator and aircraft designer nicknamed The Birdman of Enid who died in 1954 |
| CLYDE | US aviator and aircraft designer nicknamed The Birdman of Enid who died in 1954 (5,6) |
| CESSNA | US aviator and aircraft designer nicknamed The Birdman of Enid who died in 1954 (5,6) |
| STROUD | Criminal Robert nicknamed "The Birdman of Alcatraz" |
| CAVALLI | Roberto, late Italian fashion designer nicknamed The Leopard King (7) |
| HUGOJUNKERS | German engineer and aircraft designer who created the first practical all-metal aircraft (4,7) |
| CHUCKYEAGER | US aviator and test pilot who, in 1947, was the first person to fly faster than the speed of sound |
| LEAVENWORTH | Robert Stroud (the 'Birdman of Alcatraz') was incarcerated here |
| BERMUDA | The three points of the notorious triangle 'responsible' for the mysterious disappearance of shipping and aircraft in the Caribbean are the US, Puerto Rico and this island nation |
| BURTLANCASTER | Who played the birdman in the 1962 film Birdman of Alcatraz? (4,9) |
| JUNKERS | Hugo ?, German engineer and aircraft designer who died in 1935 (7) |
| BYRD | Richard, US aviator and polar explorer who died in 1957 (4) |
| DERAIN | Andre, French painter who died in 1954, noted for his Fauvist pictures (6) |
| ACE | Johnny, American singer who died in 1954 playing Russian roulette (3) |
| LIFER | The Birdman of Alcatraz, for one |
| MATISSE | Henri, French painter who died in 1954 (7) |
| TONY | Skateboarder Hawk nicknamed "The Birdman" |
| RADAR | Method for detecting the position and velocity of distant objects such as ships and aircraft (5) |
| GOMAD | Five ____ in Dorset was the Comic Strip parody of Enid Blyton shown on Channel 4’s first night in 1982 |
| HUGHES | Surname of Howard, eccentric US aviator and film producer (6) |
