| AMELIAEARHART | American aviator who disappeared on 2 July 1937 (6,7) |
| EARHART | Pioneer American aviator, who disappeared with her navigator in the Pacific, 1937 (7) |
| USING | Applying to sing on 2 July (5) |
| LUCAN | British peer who disappeared on November 8, 1974 while suspected of murder (5) |
| MALLORY | George, English mountaineer who disappeared on Mount Everest in 1924 (7) |
| AMELIA | American long-distance aviator who disappeared over the Pacific Ocean, ... Earhart |
| AMBROSEBIERCE | Author of the Devil's Dictionary who disappeared in Mexico in 1913 (7,6) |
| ODOM | Captain William P. ___ (American aviator who made a roundthe-world solo light in 1947) |
| WILBURWRIGHT | American aviator who, with his brother Orville, is credited with inventing and building the first successful aeroplane (6,6) |
| LINDBERGH | American aviator who made the first nonstop flight from New York to Paris in 1927, Charles _ (9) |
| EVEREST | George Mallory disappeared on it in 1924 (7) |
| EGGNOG | Drink disappeared on way up to collect goods (6) |
| ELF | Delicate figure almost disappeared on return (3) |
| BEECH | Walter --, American aviator and aviation entrepreneur (1891-1950) (5) |
| HOFFA | Jimmy ___, US Teamsters union leader who disappeared in July 1975 (5) |
| NOONAN | Navigator who disappeared with aviator Amelia Earhart over the Pacific during their world flight, Fr |
| GLENNMILLER | US bandleader who composed Moonlight Serenade and who disappeared during a flight from England to France in 1944 (5,6) |
| AVIATOR | For example Amelia Earhart (pictured below), who disappeared while making a round-the-world attempt in 1937 (7) |
| JUDGECRATER | New York Supreme Court figure who disappeared in 1930 |
| BIERCE | Ambrose ?, US poet and satirist who disappeared in Mexico in 1913 (6) |
