| MITCHELL | R J -, designer of the Spitfire fighter aircraft produced by the Supermarine company (8) |
| SPITFIRE | Second World War aircraft produced by Supermarine |
| SUPERMARINE | British aircraft manufacturer that produced the World War II Spitfire fighter plane (11) |
| SCRAMBLE | An emergency take-off by fighter aircraft (8) |
| UMBRELLA | From Latin for "shade", a word for a brolly; a screen of fighter aircraft; or, any protective force (8) |
| SPITFIRES | Supermarine ---, British single-seat fighter aircraft used by the RAF during the Second World War (9) |
| DOGFIGHT | Close quarters combat between fighter aircraft (8) |
| MIGRAINE | Fighter aircraft came down after losing tail, causing suffering? |
| RJMITCHELL | Aircraft designer who created the Supermarine Spitfire |
| MIRAGE | One of a family of combat aircraft produced in France since the 1950s (6) |
| SWIFT | In 1953, the Supermarine ____ aptly set a world air speed record |
| MERLIN | What model Rolls Royce aircraft engine did the Spitfire have? (6) |
| HURRICANE | British fighter aircraft responsible for 60% of the Luftwaffe's losses during the 1940 Battle of Britain (9) |
| VIRAGO | In Spanish port fine artist produced 'The Spitfire' (6) |
| CIVIL | The Spitfire, obviously, was no such aircraft (5) |
| TRIUMPH | English car company whose models included the Spitfire (7) |
| TRISTAR | Lockheed wide-body aircraft produced between 1968 and 1984 |
| FOKKER | Anthony, the 'Flying Dutchman', who made fighter aircraft for Germany in the First World War and later established companies in the US and the Netherlands (6) |
| MESSERSCHMITT | In World War II, which company made the fastest fighter aircraft, known as the Komet? (13) |
| HERALD | The Spitfire was derived from this Triumph model (6) |
