| TRAJECTORY | Path followed by an airborne body under the influence of forces including gravity |
| APPROACH | Path followed by an aircraft prior to landing; or, an avenue, sea passage etc as means of access (8) |
| NAVY | A nation's maritime force including its crew; or, a literary word for a fleet of ships (4) |
| ORBIT | The path followed by a planet around the sun (5) |
| RAY | ___ of light is the path followed by light when it travels in a transparent medium (3) |
| BIFF | Sound of a punch [E] {I created this puzzle for Take Your Kids To Work Day in collaboration with my then-nine-year-old twins. Clues followed by an [S] were written by Sid, and clues followed by an [E] |
| LANDROVER | Short path followed by someone moving stock car (4,5) |
| BIOPSY | A medical examination of tissue from a living body under a microscope to determine the cause of a disease (6) |
| AZTEC | Member of a state in central Mexico that was conquered by Cortes in 1521, followed by an oyster gem - as in the cultivar of Choisya x dewitteana (5,5) |
| PEARL | Member of a state in central Mexico that was conquered by Cortes in 1521, followed by an oyster gem - as in the cultivar of Choisya x dewitteana (5,5) |
| ARC | Story ___ (narrative path followed by a character) |
| WRAITHTRACK | Path followed by a specter? |
| PEACEPROCESS | A path followed by doves? (5,7) |
| ANTTRAIL | Pheromonal path followed by insects |
| LITANY | In Christianity, a form of prayer consisting of a series of invocations, each followed by an unvarying response (6) |
| COURSE | Route followed by an aircraft, river or ship; or, a dish forming one of the successive parts of a meal (6) |
| ORDER | A body of rules followed by an assembly (5) |
| IAMBS | Metrical feet which consist of an unaccented syllable followed by an accented syllable (5) |
| IAMB | In poetry, a metrical foot consisting of an unaccented syllable followed by an accented syllable (4) |
| TRAJECTORIES | Paths followed by projectiles (12) |
