| STARGAZING | Pastime for first-class passengers on a night flight, or curious gang in Ritz in South Africa, perhaps? |
| LEGRESTS | Certain amenities for first-class passengers |
| REDEYEDVIREO | Bird on a night flight? |
| ZINC | Element accommodated in Ritz in city (4) |
| REDEYE | Term for a night flight; a "shot in the dark" coffee drink; poor-quality whiskey; an undesirable effect in flash photography; or, a rudd (3-3) |
| VAMPIREBAT | A positive sucker after a night flight? (7,3) |
| BIBELOTS | From a fanciful French formation based on "beautiful", a word for knick-knacks or curious trinkets; or, miniature books (8) |
| COCOCHANEL | Fashion designer who for decades lived in a suite at the Hotel Ritz in Paris (4,6) |
| ODDITY | Word for the state of being peculiar or singular; strangeness; a quirky quality or curious characteristic; or, an eccentric person or weird thing (6) |
| CABIN | Place for passengers on a plane or people living in the woods |
| PRESEAT | Allow first-class passengers to board first, say |
| STATEROOM | Specify space available for a first-class passenger (5-4) |
| PIANOBAR | Detective on a night out starts getting stick in nightspot renowned for its old standards (5,3) |
| AGOG | Very eager or curious to hear or see something, as in a plumbago growing! (4) |
| ALLABOARD | Last call for passengers on a train or boat (3,6) |
| VIPLOUNGE | Where first-class passengers may wait |
| ELAL | It holds the world record for most passengers on a commercial airliner [1,088] |
| STMORITZ | Tom's travelling to the Ritz in a popular Swiss alpine resort (2,6) |
| ANCHOVY | Slender shoaling salty fish traditionally caught on a night with a full moon (7) |
| PECULIAR | From "private property", a word for own; or, curious, odd or strange (8) |