| AIRBORNE | Troops trained for flying missions |
| MARINES | Body of troops trained for service at sea, on land, in charge of Naval affairs |
| NASA | Org. with high-flying missions |
| CAVALRY | Troops trained to fight on horseback (7) |
| ASTRONAUT | For member of high-flying mission, say, set or sound acuity regularly needed (9) |
| SORTIE | Flying mission |
| COURSER | A swift charger, steed or warhorse; a runner; a beagler or other hare hunter; a hound, trained for said chase; or, a plover-like bird, adapted for sprinting, rather than flying (7) |
| KAMIKAZE | Japanese pilot trained for suicide missions (8) |
| TULL | Agriculturist and agronomist who trained for the Bar but instead farmed his father's land and perfected the horse-drawn seed drill for which he is best known (4) |
| ELYTRA | Covers for wing-commander, immaculately trained for hiding and stealth (6) |
| ATHLETICSPORTS | This latest crop trained for track and field for example (8,6) |
| AGREE | Eager to be trained for match (5) |
| ORFEO | 13's hero trained for European opera opening (5) |
| RACEHORSE | Runner trained for a classic finish (9) |
| PEACECORPS | Ace coppers trained for a government agency (5,5) |
| REPRINT | Sprinter, heading off, trained for later run (7) |
| TAUT | Trained for audition, so tense (4) |
| TRADEIN | Trained for craft, contribute to deal (5,2) |
| CHARIOTEERS | Racehorse ___ it could have been trained for them? (11) |
| MEDITERRANEAN | Versatile men are trained for the sea |
