| 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) |
| COALITIONER | One who forms or joins a usually temporary political alliance |
| 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) |
| RIPCORD | Mechanism for releasing a parachute from its pack or for opening a hot-air balloon's envelope, causing the latter to descend (7) |
| GONDOLA | Balloon's basket (7) |
| SLIPROAD | Way to leave or join a motorway |
| ENTREE | The right to enter or join a particular group (6) |
| MAST | It supports a ship's sail |
| EXITS | Points at which vehicles may leave or join a motorway (5) |
| CAB | Balloon basket |
| CAR | Balloon basket |
| FLAP | A motion or sound of a flag, sail or a bird's wing; a hinged leaf of a table; a pet door; a loose pendant part of an envelope or a tent, for example; a large broad mushroom; or, a fluster/tizz (4) |
| JUNKET | Word whose etymological journey travels from a rush-basket to a dish of cream cheese or sweetened curds to a trip or excursion for a feast or picnic (6) |
| GORES | Triangular or tapering fabric sectors forming flared skirts, hot-air balloons, parachute canopies, sails or umbrellas (5) |
| DUEL | In a ridiculous approach to an 1808 dispute, two Frenchmen in love with the same ballerina agreed to a ___ in hot air balloons (Monsieur de Grandpre shot LePique's balloon, sending him -- and his copi |
| BALLAST | Any substance used in ships or hot-air balloons to make them heavier and more stable (7) |
| CACHET | Private seal on a letter or a document; or, a commemorative or decorative design stamped on an envelope or postcard in philately (6) |
| RIG | A costume or outfit; a CB transmitter and receiver; or, a boat's distinctive configuration of masts, sails, tackling etc (3) |
| WINDMILL | A building with sails or vanes generating power to grind grain into flour; or, a toy whirligig or pinwheel, suggestive of said aerogenerator (8) |
| GONDOLAS | Traditional Venetian boats; or, the baskets of hot-air balloons (8) |
