| SOPWITH | Rising RAF officers accompanying aircraft designer |
| EXPOSURE | Cause of death of former RAF officers on river? |
| PHOTOS | RAF officers concealing stolen prints |
| POSIT | RAF officers given wine to put in place |
| COLLEGIATE | Officer accompanying ambassador, one to be entertained in institution |
| SCRAMBLED | Taken off immediately, like the RAF officer's eggs? |
| ESCORT | A police officer accompanying a person under arrest in order to prevent escape (6) |
| SQUADRONLEADER | RAF officer's team do learn about the Queen (8,6) |
| ASOFNOW | Going forward from rear secured RAF officer's admiration at the outset (2,2,3) |
| DONALD | Aircraft designer Douglas of Douglas Aircraft |
| JUNKERS | Hugo ---, German engineer and aircraft designer who created the first practical all-metal aircraft (7) |
| CESSNA | American aircraft designer and aviator who founded an aircraft corporation in 1927 (6) |
| ILYUSHIN | Sergei, Soviet aircraft designer who designer the jet airliner Il-62 (8) |
| HUGOJUNKERS | German engineer and aircraft designer who created the first practical all-metal aircraft (4,7) |
| HEINKEL | Ernst ___, German aircraft designer who died in 1958 (7) |
| FOKKER | Anthony ?, Dutch aircraft designer who died in 1939 (6) |
| ABACUS | An aircraft designer, American, produces calculator |
| TUPOLEV | Andrei, a pioneering Russian aircraft designer (7) |
| IGOR | ___ Sikorsky, Russian born aircraft designer (4) |
| DEHAVILLAND | Geoffrey _ _, British aircraft designer (2,9) |
