| AIRTOAIR | Operating between or launched from or involving rockets or aircraft in flight (3-2-3) |
| STOWAWAYS | People who hide aboard a vehicle, ship or aircraft in order to gain free passage (9) |
| ESCALATE | Unusual case, delayed, involving rocket |
| LONGDISTANCE | Operating between far removed locations (4-8) |
| LUNAR | ____ module, vehicle operating between a spacecraft and the Moon (5) |
| SURVIVE | Continue brief review involving rocket (7) |
| PADS | Platforms from which rockets or space craft are launched |
| LAUNCHPAD | Platform from which rockets or missiles take off vertically (9) |
| HOU | The Rockets or Astros, on scoreboards |
| MEDIATOR | A go-between or one who attempts to resolve disagreements between different parties (8) |
| TAILWIND | Helpful boost to an aircraft in flight |
| LONGBOAT | Perhaps sizeable snake transported at first by vessel launched from merchant ship? |
| DOMESTIC | Of or involving the home or family (8) |
| NAUTICAL | Relating to, or involving ships, navigation or seamen (8) |
| MULTIPLE | Having, or involving, more than one part or individual (8) |
| STRIDENT | Safety first with missile launched from submarine grating (8) |
| BLASTOFF | Rocket or space capsule's launch into orbit at a rate of some zero to 17,000 mph in eight minutes (5-3) |
| THRUSTER | A booster, jabber, jet, lunging fencer, propeller, pusher, vernier rocket or other propulsive person or thing (8) |
| CEREBRAL | Demanding or involving careful thinking (8) |
| LAUNCHER | Platform for firing a rocket or missile (8) |
