| FATHER | Relative to the RAF, perhaps (6) |
| AIRCRAFTWOMAN | Person requiring warm coat in RAF, perhaps? |
| ABBREVIATION | RAF perhaps flying around Belgium and Borneo occasionally (12) |
| LONGER | Like each day relative to the day before it, for the next six months |
| MAEWEST | 'I've been in Who's Who, and I know what's what, but it'll be the first time I ever made the dictionary,' wrote this actress to the RAF when they named the inflatable life jacket after her (3,4) |
| MAE | 'I've been in Who's Who, and I know what's what, but it'll be the first time I ever made the dictionary,' wrote this actress to the RAF when they named an inflatable life jacket after her, ... West |
| ECLIPTIC | In astronomy, the great circle on the celestial sphere representing the apparent annual path of the sun relative to the stars (8) |
| TRIM | The act of snipping a candlewick to prepare it for use; a light haircut to neaten or tidy; a decorative edging; the position of a ship's sails relative to the wind; said vessel's fitness; or, conditio |
| GRAF | Zeppelin, for instance, of note to the RAF (4) |
| BOOM | Pivoted spar to which the foot of a sail is attached to control its position relative to the wind (4) |
| DOPPLER | The --- effect, the change in frequency of a wave in relation to an observer who is moving relative to the wave source (7) |
| BRONZE | Relative to the All Blacks, the English followed 24 down and 3 (6) |
| MARCHINGSONG | Putting one foot after the other with relative to the key of It's A Long Way to Tipperary (8,4) |
| OBSTETRIC | To set crib out relative to the birth |
| MIGHTIER | As the pen is relative to the sword |
| HOLYFATHER | Reportedly entirely relative to the pope (4,6) |
| ERNSTMACH | Austrian physicist and philosopher (1838-1916) whose eponymous number represents the speed of a moving object relative to the speed of sound (5,4) |
| ORCHESTRAL | The carol's pitched about right relative to the band (10) |
| INSIDEJOBS | Some heists... and the six "positions" in this grid, relative to the long answers |
| FRANC | It has a fixed value relative to the euro |
