| ADASTRA | Per ardua --- ---, the motto of the RAF (2,5) |
| ASTRA | Per ardua ad -; Latin phrase meaning "through adversity to the stars" used as the official motto of the RAF (5) |
| BRAVERY | Fidelity, ___, Integrity, the motto of the US government agency the FBI (7) |
| EGALITE | Middle word in the motto of the French Revolution |
| APRESMOILE | Phrase attributed to King Louis XV of France and adopted as the motto of the RAF "Dambusters" 617 Squadron (5,3,2,6) |
| DELUGE | Phrase attributed to King Louis XV of France and adopted as the motto of the RAF "Dambusters" 617 Squadron (5,3,2,6) |
| PERARDUAAD | The motto of the RAF (3,5,2,5) |
| NETWORK | New member of the RAF guarding a couple of interlinked units |
| ULYSSES | 'Grow old disgracefully' is the motto of this international mature-age motorcycle gang, the ... Club |
| AIRHEAD | Idiot in charge of the RAF? (7) |
| ANAGRAM | What does father make of the RAF? |
| ROUNDEL | Circular insignia of the RAF (7) |
| REORDER | About to ask judge leaving club how to get father out of the RAF |
| ARDUA | Motto of the RAF: per ____ ad astra |
| NERITOS | Ithacan mountain: ____ ardua saxis Virgil Aeneid 3.271 vide Od. 9.22 |
| HONISOIT | ___ qui mal y pense; the motto of the Order of the Garter (4,4) |
| YPENSE | The motto of the Order of the Garter (4,4,3,3,1,5) |
| QUIMAL | The motto of the Order of the Garter (4,4,3,3,1,5) |
| PERARDUAADASTRA | Official motto of the RAF; Latin, 'through adversity to the stars' (3,5,2,5) |
| WAAFS | Abbreviation of the titles of the members of the female auxiliary of the RAF during the Second World War (5) |
