| SOPWITH | Sir Thomas, British aircraft designer, chairman of the Hawker Siddeley Group 1935-63 (7) |
| DEHAVILLAND | Geoffrey _ _, British aircraft designer (2,9) |
| HARRIER | Aircraft developed by Hawker Siddeley in the 19605 which has the ability to take off vertically (7) |
| RAFKINLOSS | Until 2010 the main base of the Hawker Siddeley Nimrod maritime patrol aircraft, situated on the Moray Firth (3,7) |
| HANDLEY | ___ Page, British aircraft firm which made the Halifax bomber (7) |
| SUICIDE | Rear-hinged features of the Armstrong Siddeley Hurricane (7,5) |
| WHITLEY | Large model that Armstrong Siddeley brought out in 1949 (7) |
| HOOD | Thomas, British poet who authored The Song of the Shirt (4) |
| MILESMARTINET | The first British aircraft to be designed specifically for the role of towing targets |
| GAGE | Thomas -, British general; Governor of Montreal from 1760-63 (4) |
| MOSQUITO | Bloodsucking dipteran of the family Culicidae known to transmit serious diseases, or British aircraft used by the Allies during World War II (8) |
| SPITFIRE | British aircraft used in the Battle of Britain designed by Reginald Mitchell (8) |
| HANDLEYPAGE | British aircraft firm which made the Halifax bomber (7,4) |
| ADES | Thomas, British conductor and composer of Polaris, born 1971 (4) |
| COOK | Thomas ---, British businessman who founded a travel agency in the 19th Century (4) |
| DOORS | Rear-hinged features of the Armstrong Siddeley Hurricane (7,5) |
| AVRO | British aircraft manufacturer founded in 1910 whose designs include the Lancaster bomber used in World War II |
| SUPERMARINE | British aircraft manufacturer that produced the World War II Spitfire fighter plane (11) |
| ARMSTRONG | _ Siddeley, the maker of the Whitley (9) |
| PEDLAR | The hawker, a biker, read aloud (6) |
