| DIVINGBOARD | Place to launch a cannonball |
| SPACEROCKET | A rocket that is designed to launch a spacecraft into space (5,6) |
| DRUMROLL | Often requested to launch a great event, Daiquiri's first spirit to get flowing (4,4) |
| DRAWL | Child comes up, beginning to launch a slow delivery |
| ICON | Small image you tap to launch a mobile app |
| AMBUSCADE | An old-fashioned term for waiting to launch a surprise attack (9) |
| AMBUSHER | One who lies in wait in hiding to launch a surprise attack (8) |
| TAMILNADU | Site of Isro's second spaceport outside Sriharikota, set to launch a mini-PSLV within 24 months. (9) |
| VISA | Company partnering with the World Project to launch a crypto-linked debit card for WLD token spending. (4) |
| SLIPWAY | One in a field course gets place to launch boat (7) |
| PAD | Place to launch or crash (3) |
| BULLET | Word, from French "ball" and Latin "bubble", for a cannonball first, later a pellet shot from a small arm (6) |
| SHOT | A dram or "chupito"; or, a cannonball (4) |
| SPLASH | A cannonball makes a big one |
| DOLLARS | "If you want to be a millionaire, start with a billion ___ and launch a new airline": Richard Branson (7) |
| GLOBE | Word once used to describe a cannonball, comet, eyeball, mass of people or almost anything spherical, later the more specific ball-shaped map of Earth or the heavens (5) |
| EDAM | Gouda-like orb of red-coated Dutch cheese, reputed to have doubled as a cannonball (4) |
| PILL | A cannonball (4) |
| DIVE | Do a cannonball |
| KNEES | They're tucked in a cannonball |
