| SLIPWAY | Ramp for launching a boat (7) |
| BLASTER | One whose job it is to blow things up with dynamite; a sci-fi laser gun, phaser or zapper; a powerful kick of a ball; a strengthening exercise; or, a sand-wedge, for launching a golf ball (7) |
| ROCKET | Container for 'launching' a cloud of groundbait (6,6) |
| FEEDER | Container for 'launching' a cloud of groundbait (6,6) |
| EMANATE | Issue Out of This World, a title for launching (7) |
| SKIJUMP | Ramp for runners? |
| TASKBAR | An area or GUI on a computer's desktop for launching or monitoring applications or programs (7) |
| MATSURI | Having overcome disease, one is launching a festival in Japan (7) |
| LIFTOFF | The moment of launching a rocket |
| LASHOUT | Resort to verbal attack initially launching a loud cry (4,3) |
| MOONSHOT | Process of launching a spacecraft for a lunar mission (8) |
| HALFPIPE | Ramp for a skate- or snowboarder, and a description of the answers to the starred clues |
| GANGPLANK | Ramp for boarding a ship (9) |
| SONY | It's launching a new pet robot, which will be a companion for its robotic dog "Aibo." |
| VERY | Means of launching a flare as a distress symbol, the ... pistol is named for the US naval officer wh |
| GAMES | Gym fitted with a special ramp for global event (10,5) |
| PARALYMPIC | Gym fitted with a special ramp for global event (10,5) |
| SKATEBOARD | Once made by attaching wheels to a piece of plank, this sports item is now a highly sophisticated construction (as are the ramps for its users) |
| PRAM | Ramp for children's conveyance (4) |
| RAMP | Slope for launching boat into sea (4) |
