| GLIDE | A flight using the natural energy of thermals; a portamento; or, a calm stretch of shallow water (5) |
| SOLARPANEL | Device used to harness the natural energy of the sun |
| HARLEMSHUFFLE | Colson Whitehead novel formed by an anagram of the last six letters of "thermal" + a synonym for "mix up a deck of cards": 2 wds. |
| ANXIETYBAG | Item also known as a panic pouch or a calm-down kit |
| LONGJOHNS | Thermals - __ ilver, pirate! (4,5) |
| SHOAL | ?Quiet, love! Australian student in stretch of shallow water (5) |
| GOODWINSANDS | A dangerous stretch of shallow water off the Deal coast in Kent (7,5) |
| SLIDE | Portamento; barrette; part of a trombone; or, a toboggan or the icy track/chute upon which it is run (5) |
| GREBE | Biblical or dialect name for the red kite that coasts, drifts, floats, sails and soars gracefully on thermals (5) |
| INVAR | Alloy of nickel and iron, with a very low coefficient of thermal expansion |
| SAILS | Adapt to changing circumstances. Getting out thermals, is it? (4,3,5) |
| SOARS | Coasts on thermals |
| NINTH | Festive day with ladies dancing across town in thermals |
| BALLOONIST | A voyager soaring aloft through the sky and thermals in a silk-orb-lifted basket or gondola for a bird's-eye peep - a Montgolfier brother, for example, who once sent aloft a cockerel, a duck and a she |
| HEAT | Spicy quality of a chilli; preliminary eliminating round in a race; or, a form of thermal or kinetic energy (4) |
| KITE | The graceful "Milan royal", gliding and soaring on thermals; or, named after said bird of prey, a floating or flying toy/object, such as the rokkaku designed for aerial combat (4) |
| PACIFIC | Calm stretch of water (7) |
| MILLPOND | Calm stretch of water |
| BELLBUOY | An anchored float rung by the action of the waves to warn shipping of shallow waters (4,4) |
| ROCKPOOLS | Areas of shallow water created by the tide (4,5) |
