| OHIOSTATE | *University in the Birthplace of Aviation |
| BUCKEYE | *Athlete at a university in the Birthplace of Aviation |
| COACH | *What some athletes in the Birthplace of Aviation call this puzzle's honoree |
| OHIO | "The Birthplace of Aviation" |
| TESTTUBE | Trial by TV in the birthplace of science? (4,4) |
| BETHLEHEM | Girl, extremely likable, on edge in the birthplace of Jesus (9) |
| DAYTON | City in western Ohio, birthplace of aviation pioneers the Wright brothers (6) |
| FLIGHT | "First in ___" (line on North Carolina license plates challenging Ohio's "Birthplace of Aviation" plates) |
| BEE | "According to all known laws of aviation, there is no way a ___ should be able to fly. Its wings are too small to get its fat little body off the ground. The ___, of course, flies anyway, because ___s |
| WILBUR | Elder of the Wright brothers of aviation history |
| LINDBERGH | Charles of aviation fame; made the first nonstop solo flight across the Atlantic Ocean. |
| EARHART | Amelia of aviation fame; the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic. |
| AMELIA | Joni Mitchell song with the lyrics "A ghost of aviation / She was swallowed by the sky" |
| ALTITUDE | The height of aviation (8) |
| AVI | Birdy prefix hidden at the start of aviation |
| NOSECONE | The point of aviation, once one's off (4,4) |
| OHARE | Airport run by the Chicago Department of Aviation |
| OXFORD | The oldest university in the English-speaking world, the University of _ (6) |
| OTTO | ___ Lilienthal German pioneer of aviation who became known as the flying man |
| LEMAY | Curtis of aviation |
