| PERARDUAADASTRA | Official motto of the RAF; Latin, 'through adversity to the stars' (3,5,2,5) |
| MILIEU | Coming from Latin through French, what is a medium or environment? (6) |
| ASTRA | Per ardua ad -; Latin phrase meaning "through adversity to the stars" used as the official motto of the RAF (5) |
| ARDUA | Through Adversity to the Stars = Per ___ Ad Astra |
| PER | ___ ardua ad astra, through adversity to the stars (3) |
| LANDSONONESFEET | Makes it through adversity |
| WEATHERTHESTORM | Persist through adversity |
| INGODWETRUST | Adopted by the US Congress in 1956, what is the official motto of the United States? (2.3.2.5) |
| APRESMOILE | Phrase attributed to King Louis XV of France and adopted as the motto of the RAF "Dambusters" 617 Squadron (5,3,2,6) |
| DELUGE | Phrase attributed to King Louis XV of France and adopted as the motto of the RAF "Dambusters" 617 Squadron (5,3,2,6) |
| WAAFS | Abbreviation of the titles of the members of the female auxiliary of the RAF during the Second World War (5) |
| ADASTRA | Per ardua --- ---, the motto of the RAF (2,5) |
| PERARDUAAD | The motto of the RAF (3,5,2,5) |
| INDIANA | State of the Midwestern US whose official motto is 'Crossroads of America' (7) |
| AIRCOMMODORE | A senior officer of the RAF, of equivalent rank to brigadier in the Army (3,9) |
| REORDER | About to ask judge leaving club how to get father out of the RAF |
| AFAR | A beginning to the return of the RAF, however distant it might seem |
| ROTARYCLUB | A local branch of a body that has an official motto 'Service Above Self' (6,4) |
| TEDDER | Arthur William, British marshal of the RAF who became deputy supreme commander of the Allied Expeditionary Force (6) |
| FINALE | The last appearance of the RAF in Alexandria (6) |
