| HEADWIND | Wind blowing opposite to the path of a ship or aircraft. |
| CROSSWIND | It intersects the path of a ship |
| DEFLECTION | Alteration made to the path of an object in motion |
| ORBIT | Term for the path of a body revolving around an attracting centre of mass, as a planet around the Sun or a satellite around a planet (5) |
| TRACK | A microgroove in a vinyl record or LP; a railway line; or, the path of a particle in a bubble chamber (5) |
| COMPANY | Collective noun for a flock of wigeon; a unit of Girl Guides; the crew of a ship; or, a group of touring actors, actresses or opera singers (7) |
| LOG | A detailed record of a voyage of a ship or aircraft (3) |
| NAVIGATE | To sail; to control the course of a ship or aircraft (8) |
| ABEAM | On a line at right angles to the length of a ship or aircraft (5) |
| BRIDAL | Said to be the path of a lady on the day of the union (6) |
| LANDING | Touchdown of an aircraft; the disembarkation of a ship; or, a level area at the top of a staircase (7) |
| AWRINKLEINTIME | Classic young adult novel ... or hint to the path taken by four letters in the answers to the starred clues |
| ULNA | Name that one of the two bones of the forearm which is on the side opposite to the thumb (4) |
| WITHERSHINS | In a contrary direction or opposite to the direction of the sun (11) |
| TANGENT | Ratio of the opposite to the adjacent side of a right-angled triangle. (7) |
| ASTERN | At or toward the back of a ship or aircraft |
| CON | Old term, from "to know", meaning to study or learn by heart; to direct the steering of a ship; or, a swindle (3) |
| REACH | Arrive at a point of sailing opposite to the wind (5) |
| PORT | The left side of a ship or aircraft |
| AFT | Towards the back of a ship or aircraft (3) |
