| EARHART | Pioneer American aviator, who disappeared with her navigator in the Pacific, 1937 (7) |
| AMELIAEARHART | American aviator who disappeared on 2 July 1937 (6,7) |
| LINDBERGH | Pilot flying blind, her navigator in the middle |
| WARSAW | In which European city was pioneer American film maker Samuel Goldwyn born? (6) |
| AMELIA | Flier lost in Pacific, 1937 |
| NOONAN | Navigator who disappeared with aviator Amelia Earhart over the Pacific during their world flight, Fr |
| AMERIGO | Vespucci, Florentine navigator in the New World (7) |
| STROPHE | Disaster, a cat has disappeared with a Greek poem (7) |
| PRINCES | - in the Tower; Edward V and his brother Richard who disappeared aged 12 and 9 respectively after the death of their father Edward IV in 1483 (7) |
| GONDOLA | Venetian boat almost disappeared with awkward load (7) |
| SHANNON | Leads numerous navigators in circumnavigating ancient mariner's river (7) |
| AVIATOR | For example Amelia Earhart (pictured below), who disappeared while making a round-the-world attempt in 1937 (7) |
| MALLORY | George, English mountaineer who disappeared on Mount Everest in 1924 (7) |
| WILBURWRIGHT | American aviator who, with his brother Orville, is credited with inventing and building the first successful aeroplane (6,6) |
| WAGONER | Driver who's disappeared in armed conflict |
| ODOM | Captain William P. ___ (American aviator who made a roundthe-world solo light in 1947) |
| VESPUCCI | Amerigo - - -, Florentine navigator in the New World, after whom the Americas were named (8) |
| AMERIGOVESPUCCI | Florentine navigator in the New World (7,8) |
| EASTINDIES | South East Asia and the spice islands that were the target of Dutch, English and Portuguese navigators in the 17th century (4,6) |
| MAGELLAN | Portuguese navigator in the service of Spain. |
