| LYNX | Helicopter used by the British military for 40 years, with a record top speed of 400km/h (4) |
| PEOPLESCOURT | Legal show for 40 years, with "The" |
| SEAHAWK | Helicopter used by the U.S. Navy that entered service in 1984 (7) |
| MEDEVAC | Helicopter used to take injured people to the hospital |
| CHEETAHS | Running at average top speeds of 70 mph, Earth's fastest land animals (8) |
| TOLSTOY | Novelist who died at Astapovo train station, 400km southeast of Moscow, in 1910 (7) |
| EXOSPHERE | Earth's ____ begins at an altitude of about 400km |
| DURAN | New Romantic band celebrating 40 years with Future Past (5,5) |
| ALICE | SHE CELEBRATED 40 YEARS WITH TOM (DAYS, 1968) |
| ALPHA | Triumphant cry, eclipsing old record top mark (5) |
| PROCTORED | Watched test-takers record top bananas (9) |
| RUBY | GIFT FOR FORTY YEARS OR PERSON WHO JUMPED OUT OF THE GROOM'S BACHELOR CAKE |
| STEN | Arm of the British military |
| USAF | High branch of the military, for short |
| USMC | Branch of the military, for short |
| VETS | Former members of the military for short |
| ROTC | Intro to the military, for some |
| LEAP | ___ year (year with a February 29th) |
| EONS | Years and years with broken nose (4) |
| LASTPOST | In the British military, a bugle call that orders personnel to retire for sleep (4,4) |
