| THEAVIATOR | A hot air vet becomes the title of a movie (3,7) |
| SIMBA | Cub who becomes the title lion king in the Disney movie |
| BUCKETLIST | Ride in a hot-air balloon, swim with dolphins, visit Paris, etc. |
| HARD | The way one is expected to die, as expressed in the title of a movie released on July 15, 1988, in the U.S., with Bruce Willis as its star |
| TORA | One-third of the title of a movie about 12/7/41 |
| ANTICHRIST | Christian to a T becomes the beast to be! (10) |
| TWO | Umber that's often in the title of a movie sequel |
| ENVELOPE | Paper wrapper for a letter; the canopy of a hot-air balloon; or, in music, the "shape" of a sound |
| BASKET | A woven "canasta"; a virtual shopping cart; a hot-air balloon's gondola; a group of currencies; or, a netted hoop in which to dunk a ball (6) |
| SLENDEREST | The most remote becomes the leanest |
| BIOGRAPHER | With another endless page her biro becomes the writer. (10) |
| VENT | Hole at the top of a hot air balloon which enables the pilot to release hot air (4) |
| GONDOLA | Venetian boat; passenger car of a ski lift or a Ferris wheel; or, a basket of a hot-air balloon (7) |
| ANCHOR | Device for mooring a boat or tethering a hot-air balloon; or, the person at the rear in tug-of-war (6) |
| NACELLE | Streamlined structure housing the engine of an aircraft; or, the gondola of a hot-air balloon (7) |
| BALLOONERECLIPSE | Result of a hot-air enthusiast floating in front of the moon? |
| STOVE | A cooker or kiln; a hot-air bath; a fire-grate; or, a hothouse for plants (5) |
| RIGGING | Cordage that supports a ship's masts/sails or joins a hot-air balloon's basket to its envelope; or, aerial apparatus for a flying trapeze (7) |
| RIPCORD | Mechanism for releasing a parachute from its pack or for opening a hot-air balloon's envelope, causing the latter to descend (7) |
| NYE | Bill who sings a song about death before flying a hot-air balloon into power lines, on an episode of Smiling Friends |
