| JOHNSON | Amy ---, pioneering aviator, dubbed Queen of the Air by the British Press (7) |
| AMY | She was named Queen Of The Air by British newspapers after her solo flight to Australia; ... Johnson |
| EDERLE | Swimmer dubbed Queen of the Waves in the twenties |
| FLUE | Chimney went up into the air, by the sound of it (4) |
| AGENTORANGE | Toxic herbicide that was sprayed from the air by the US military during the Vietnam War (5,6) |
| NITROGEN | Colourless gaseous element that forms 78% of the air by volume (8) |
| FLEETSTREET | The British press |
| SHYDI | #44-Down's first bride, to the British press early on: 2 wds. |
| SKYLARK | Bird hit high in the air by large vessel (7) |
| MAHALIA | Jackson dubbed "Queen of Gospel" |
| EARHART | Pioneering aviator portrayed by Hilary Swank in a 2009 biopic, Amelia _ |
| OUTWEAR | Spoil clothes for the open air by overuse? (7) |
| COLEMAN | Pioneering aviator Bessie |
| VENTURE | Dare to take air by river (7) |
| TOSS | An agitation of a salad, buck from one's horse, fling of a pancake, flip of a coin, hurl of a caber, throw of a person into the air by a bull or a restless turn (4) |
| RAISE | A change of air, by the way, can be uplifting (5) |
| LOY | Who (Myrna ___) was dubbed "Queen of Hollywood" in the 1930s? (3) |
| TRAPSHOOTING | The sport of firing at clay pigeons launched into the air by machine (12) |
| FOUNTAINS | Ornamental features consisting of long narrow streams of water forced up into the air by pumps (9) |
| OXYGEN | Element essential to life, it was first discovered as existing in air by the scientist Joseph Priestley |
