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AILERONSFlaps hinged to the trailing edges of aircraft wings to provide lateral control (8)
AILERONFlap hinged to the trailing edge of an aircraft wing to provide lateral control (7)
SPOILERA device fitted to an aircraft wing to increase drag and reduce lift (7)
TABSAuxiliary airfoils on trailing edges of control surfaces, as ailerons
ELEVONSTrailing edges of delta wings (7)
SKIDLose lateral control (4)
TRIPTYCHSet of three panels hinged to form one work of art, often as an altarpiece, sometimes with outer wings painted in grisaille (8)
ELEVONA movable section of the trailing edge of a delta wing on an aircraft (6)
CLEMATISWhich plant genus includes the trailing plant called old man's beard? (8)
RUDDERA flat structure hinged to the stern of a ship or boat for steering (6)
MAYFLOWERSpringtime blossom of hawthorn; the trailing arbutus; or, the ship in which the Pilgrim Fathers sailed from Plymouth to the New World in 1620 (9)
ULNAIt's hinged to the humerus
UNFLAPPABILITYCool quality of most aircraft wings? (14)
ATTEMPTCrack in aircraft wings with hindmost part mostly vacant (7)
CAMBERCurvature of aircraft wing (6)
SPARBox gently; main beam of aircraft wing
GOTTAGAMECommentator's cliche when the trailing team ties it. "We ___ ___"
ATHENSEuropean city puts aircraft wings on chickens(6)
HPOSTWhat a gate is hinged to
CLEAVEStick to chopper that's missing trailing edge (6)